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University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Theses/Dissertations

2021

Additive manufacturing

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Selective Laser Melting Of Titanium Diboride: A Study Of The Energy Density Effects, Lazaro Lopez Mendez Dec 2021

Selective Laser Melting Of Titanium Diboride: A Study Of The Energy Density Effects, Lazaro Lopez Mendez

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Natural titanium diboride (TiB2) has been reported the 5th hardest material on earth. Due to its superior properties, such as high density, high elastic modulus, and high compressive strength, TiB2 becomes one of the most suitable ceramic reinforcements for applications with severe friction and heavy loading conditions. This study is intended to produce TiB2 using 3D additive manufacture (AM) technology, and then to understand the tribological property of the AM fabricated TiB2 specimens. In this study, a laser additive alloying (LAA) process was developed based on a Renishaw AM laser system. One mm thick samples were prepared using the LAA …


Investigation Of Different Hatch Strategies On High Entropy Alloy Fabrication By Selective Laser Melting, Joni Chandra Dhar Aug 2021

Investigation Of Different Hatch Strategies On High Entropy Alloy Fabrication By Selective Laser Melting, Joni Chandra Dhar

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This study investigated the synthesis of CuCrFeNiTiAl high entropy alloy (HEA) from pure elements using selective laser melting (SLM). The objectives are to validate the feasibility of the HEA fabrication from elemental powder materials, and to examine the effect of various hatch strategies and energy densities on the microstructures and other materials properties. 3D samples of CuCrFeNiTiAl alloy were fabricated under different energy densities and with different scan vector lengths. The as-built samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), and the microstructures were observed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The XRD results showed that face centered cubic, and body centered …