Publication detail

Measurement of the porosity of additive-manufactured Al-Cu alloy using x-ray computed tomography

ZATOČILOVÁ, A. ZIKMUND, T. KAISER, J. PALOUŠEK, D. KOUTNÝ, D.

Original Title

Measurement of the porosity of additive-manufactured Al-Cu alloy using x-ray computed tomography

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The additive manufacturing of metallic parts by means of selective laser melting is an emerging technology, the development of which is currently of great interest. The quality of the parts produced is evaluated mainly in terms of their mechanical properties, dimensional accuracy, and the homogeneity of the material. Because it is virtually impossible to produce parts without any internal porosity using powder-based additive manufacturing processes, measuring the porosity is critically important to optimizing the processing parameters. X-ray computed tomography is currently the only way used to measure the distribution of pores non-destructively and it can also measure the density and dimensional accuracy. Many studies have presented results of porosity measurements made using CT, but no standard methodology for the making of measurements and processing of data currently exists. The choice of parameters used for measurement and processing can have a significant impact on the results. This study focuses on the effect of voxel resolution on the resulting porosity number and discusses the possibilities for determining the threshold value for detecting pores. All the results presented in this study were obtained by analyzing the sample produced by selective laser melting technology from AlCu2Mg1.5Ni alloy.

Keywords

X-ray computed tomography, voxel resolution, porosity, Al-Cu alloy, selective laser melting

Authors

ZATOČILOVÁ, A.; ZIKMUND, T.; KAISER, J.; PALOUŠEK, D.; KOUTNÝ, D.

Released

1. 12. 2016

ISBN

9783038356264

Book

8th International Conference on Materials Structure and Micromechanics of Fracture, MSMF8; Brno; Czech Republic; 27 July 2016 through 29 July 2016; Code 188189

ISBN

1662-9779

Periodical

Solid State Phenomena

Year of study

258

Number

December 2016

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

448

Pages to

451

Pages count

4

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT128525,
  author="Aneta {Zatočilová} and Tomáš {Zikmund} and Jozef {Kaiser} and David {Paloušek} and Daniel {Koutný}",
  title="Measurement of the porosity of additive-manufactured Al-Cu alloy using x-ray computed tomography",
  booktitle="8th International Conference on Materials Structure and Micromechanics of Fracture, MSMF8; Brno; Czech Republic; 27 July 2016 through 29 July 2016; Code 188189",
  year="2016",
  journal="Solid State Phenomena",
  volume="258",
  number="December 2016",
  pages="448--451",
  doi="10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.258.448",
  isbn="9783038356264",
  issn="1662-9779"
}