Recent progress on the additive manufacturing of aluminum alloys and aluminum matrix composites: Microstructure, properties, and applications

Z Zhu, Z Hu, HL Seet, T Liu, W Liao… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Whilst the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) of aluminum alloys is relatively slower
compared with that of steels and titanium alloys, it has undergone a flourishing trend in the …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of heat treatment on the room and high temperature mechanical properties of AlSi10Mg alloy fabricated by selective laser melting

N Tabatabaei, A Zarei-Hanzaki, A Moshiri… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present work demonstrates a novel interpretation of the effect of well-known heat
treatments of solutionizing (ST) and solutionizing plus aging (T6) along with a newly …

[HTML][HTML] Excellent strength–ductility balance of Sc-Zr-modified Al–Mg alloy by tuning bimodal microstructure via hatch spacing in laser powder bed fusion

Y Ekubaru, O Gokcekaya, T Ishimoto, K Sato… - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
The bimodal microstructure, which comprises ultrafine grains (UFGs) forming along the melt
pool boundary and relatively coarse grains inside the melt pool, is a characteristic of the Sc …

[HTML][HTML] Microstructural analysis of the influences of platform preheating and post-build heat treatment on mechanical properties of laser powder bed fusion …

S Zhu, I Katti, D Qiu, JH Forsmark, MA Easton - Materials Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Platform preheating is a common strategy towards reducing residual stress and distortion of
additively manufactured metal components by powder bed fusion–laser beam (PBF-LB) due …

Precipitation behavior and corrosion properties of friction stir welded AA5083 AlMg alloy after sensitization

J Ning, W Gao, X Gu, H Zhang, W Guan, W Li… - Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Mg-rich phase precipitation behavior and corrosion resistance of the friction stir welded
(FSW) AA5083 Alsingle bondMg alloy are studied by microstructure characterizations …

Precipitation behavior of an Al7SiMg alloy processed by laser powder bed fusion during non-isothermal and isothermal heat treatments

Z Li, CC Cheng, JS Dhillon, SY Kwon, P Hudon… - Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is drawing great interest in industry due to its ability of
producing complex-shaped components with superior mechanical properties and unique …

Direct aging of additively manufactured A20X aluminum alloy

H Karimialavijeh, M Ghasri-Khouzani… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates the effect of direct aging on a newly developed high-performance
aluminum alloy A20X for laser powder bed fusion. Three different temperatures (180° C …

Effect of heat treatment on microstructure and mechanical anisotropy of selective laser melted Al–Mn-Sc alloy

W Jiang, Y Deng, X Guo - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2023 - Elsevier
The anisotropy is an intrinsic property for selective laser melted (SLM) aluminum alloys,
resulting from the directional growth of columnar crystal during layer-by-layer preparation …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative study on mechanical properties of fully dense 420 stainless steel parts produced by modified binder jet printing

CS Shin, T Do, D Lee, TY So, SH Ko, H Chung… - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
The mechanical properties of the parts produced by binder jet printing (BJP) are often
considerably inferior to those of the parts produced by traditional manufacturing processes …

[HTML][HTML] Research on microstructure and cracking behavior of Al-6.2 Zn-2Mg-xSc-xZr alloy fabricated by selective laser melting

W Pan, Z Zhai, Y Liu, B Liang, Z Liang, Y Zhang - Crystals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Selective laser melting (SLM) offers obvious advantages in the production of complex parts.
However, the traditional 7xxx series aluminum alloy has a serious cracking tendency in the …