Strength and Cyclic Properties of Additive vs. Conventionally Produced Material AlSi10Mg

Abstract

Additive metals are practically identical in strength to the properties of conventionally produced materials. This article experimentally analyses strength properties and fatigue properties in the tensile–pressure mode for two different directions of 3D printing of AlSi10Mg material. The resulting fatigue parameters of the Basquin curve are confronted with a conventionally produced alloy of the same composition. The microstructure analysis explains the different fatigue properties obtained by these two material production technologies. Phenomena such as strength enhancement in additive manufacturing material, anisotropy of cyclic properties, and cyclic hardening are discussed. The limits of current additive manufacturing are clarified, and the future direction of research in this field is outlined.