Engineering Mechanics

Proceedings Vol. 23 (2017)

ENGINEERING MECHANICS 2017

Copyright © 2017 Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics, Brno

 

Řehounek L., Jíra A., Denk F.
pages 818 - 821, full text

The advancement of technology in the field of 3D printing of metal alloys allows for creating very complex structures. Newfound technologies of manufacturing, however, require testing of basic mechanical properties of the new structures. This paper is dedicated to the analysis of mechanical properties of a trabecular Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy. Due to its complex morphology, the trabecular structure could not be created by traditional manufacturing process and was made by 3D printing. It was found that by creating this structure, the Young’s modulus of the whole body of the specimen was significantly reduced. The methods used for the determination of the mechanical properties are nanoindentation, tensile and compression tests.

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