• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 49, Issue 8, 20190523 (2020)
Shoujin Zeng*, Qirui Wu, and Jianhua Ye
Author Affiliations
  • School of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350118, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20190523 Cite this Article
    Shoujin Zeng, Qirui Wu, Jianhua Ye. Mechanical properties of 316L stainless steel porous structure formed by selective laser melting[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(8): 20190523 Copy Citation Text show less
    316L stainless steel powder particles
    Fig. 1. 316L stainless steel powder particles
    Selective laser melting system
    Fig. 2. Selective laser melting system
    Porous unit. (a) Regular dodecahedron unit; (b) Body centered cubic structural unit
    Fig. 3. Porous unit. (a) Regular dodecahedron unit; (b) Body centered cubic structural unit
    Porous samples. (a) Regular dodecahedron sample; (b) Body centered cubic sample
    Fig. 4. Porous samples. (a) Regular dodecahedron sample; (b) Body centered cubic sample
    SLM shaped porous structure sample. (a) Regular dodecahedron porous structure; (b) Body centered cubic porous structure
    Fig. 5. SLM shaped porous structure sample. (a) Regular dodecahedron porous structure; (b) Body centered cubic porous structure
    Microscopic features of SLM formed porous structure. (a) Regular dodecahedron porous structure; (b) Body centered cubic porous structure
    Fig. 6. Microscopic features of SLM formed porous structure. (a) Regular dodecahedron porous structure; (b) Body centered cubic porous structure
    Compression stress and strain curves of porous 316L stainless steel. (a) Regular dodecahedron porous structure; (b) Body centered cubic porous structure
    Fig. 7. Compression stress and strain curves of porous 316L stainless steel. (a) Regular dodecahedron porous structure; (b) Body centered cubic porous structure
    (a) Relationship between porosity and elastic modulus; (b) Relationship between porosity and compressive strength (RD: porous structure of regular dodecahedron; BCC: body centered cubic porous structure)
    Fig. 8. (a) Relationship between porosity and elastic modulus; (b) Relationship between porosity and compressive strength (RD: porous structure of regular dodecahedron; BCC: body centered cubic porous structure)
    (a) Relation between average pore diameter and elastic modulus; (b) Relation between average pore diameter and compressive strength (RD: porous structure of regular dodecahedron; BCC: body centered cubic porous structure)
    Fig. 9. (a) Relation between average pore diameter and elastic modulus; (b) Relation between average pore diameter and compressive strength (RD: porous structure of regular dodecahedron; BCC: body centered cubic porous structure)
    (a) Relationship between volume to area ratio and elastic modulus ; (b) Relationship between volume to area ratio and compressive strength
    Fig. 10. (a) Relationship between volume to area ratio and elastic modulus ; (b) Relationship between volume to area ratio and compressive strength
    CMnSiCrNiPSMoFe
    ≤0.03<5.00<1.0016.0-18.010.0~25.0≤0.045≤0.03<5.00Allowance
    Table 1.

    Chemical composition of 316L stainless power (wt.%)

    316L不锈钢粉末化学成分(质量分数%)

    Laser power /WScan speed /mm·s-1Hatch spacing/mmPowder-bed depth/mmScanning strategy
    2506500.060.02Single-direction sweeping
    Table 2.

    Technological parameter

    工艺参数

    SampleParameterDesign 1Design 2Design 3Design 4Design 5
    Regular dodecahedron structureVolume to area ratio4.333.823.403.042.74
    Average pore diamete/mm3.293.563.784.004.22
    Porosity55.13%60.21%65.46%69.88%72.44%
    Body centered cubic structureVolume to area ratio2.121.260.950.700.54
    Average pore diamete/mm1.902.483.063.644.22
    Porosity79.64%86.82%90.71%93.15%94.74%
    Table 3.

    Parameter design of porous element

    多孔单元参数设计

    SampleDesign numberAverage compressive strength/MPa
    Regular dodecahedron structureDesign 1160.31
    Design 2150.65
    Design 3134.95
    Design 4129.25
    Design 5111.75
    Body centered cubic structureDesign 1158.03
    Design 292.07
    Design 366.97
    Design 453.05
    Design 543.19
    Table 4.

    Compressive strength calculated by compression test

    压缩试验计算的抗压强度

    SampleDesign numberAverage elastic modulus/GPaPredicted value by Gibson-Ashby formula/GPaDeviation
    Regular dodecahedron sampleDesign 11.0422.72946.61%
    Design 21.2232.201
    Design 31.0301.877
    Design 40.9251.769
    Design 50.9191.347
    Body centered cubic structureDesign 11.7163.04927.94%
    Design 21.0701.350
    Design 30.6720.720
    Design 40.5530.464
    Design 50.3750.250
    Table 5.

    Elastic modulus calculated by compression test

    压缩试验计算的弹性模量

    Shoujin Zeng, Qirui Wu, Jianhua Ye. Mechanical properties of 316L stainless steel porous structure formed by selective laser melting[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(8): 20190523
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