Significant Improvement in the Strength-Toughness and Isotropy of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Ti6Al4V Alloy by Combining Heat Treatment with Subsequent Laser Shock Peening
摘要
Due to rapid heating and cooling as well as layer-by-layer fabrication, LPBFed Ti6Al4V alloy typically retains significant amounts of coarse columnar grain parallel to the build direction (BD) while substantial sub-stable needle-like α′ martensite exists perpendicular to the BD, resulting in significant differences in microstructures (anisotropy).