The Influence of Porosity on Fatigue Crack Initiation in Additively Manufactured Titanium Components

Abstract Without post-manufacture HIPing the fatigue life of electron beam melting (EBM) additively manufactured parts is currently dominated by the presence of porosity, exhibiting large amounts of scatter. Here we have shown that the size and location of these defects is crucial in determining the...

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Main Authors: S. Tammas-Williams, P. J. Withers, I. Todd, P. B. Prangnell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06504-5