Experimental Setup for Fatigue Testing of Additively Manufactured Specimens

Abstract:

Poor fatigue life is a huge issue of additively manufactured parts, despite the unique qualities characterizing this manufacturing process (such as low waste of material and geometry freedom). Fatigue life is strongly affected by both surface defects and internal defects, metal AM is characterized by extremely poor surface quality, internal porosities and lack of fusions. For this reason, many researchers investigated methods to improve manufacts quality. The most promising methods are surface finishing treatments and thermal treatments which provide an enhancement of fatigue behavior. A focal point of the research should be evaluating the respective contribution of surface treatments and thermal treatments. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of surface treatment, it is necessary to highlight the surface quality contribution in terms of fatigue life thus a specific testing method is necessary. Rotating beam fatigue test fits this requirement because each point of the specimen’s surface is subjected to the maximum stress. The aim of this work is to present the experimental setup for rotating beam fatigue testing that has been used to evaluate the fatigue behavior of AM SLM IN718 specimens.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 926)
• Pages: 141-146
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-mgf52c
• Online since: July 2022
• Authors: Emanuele Manco*, Fabio Scherillo, Andrea El Hassanin, Domenico Borrelli, Antonio Caraviello, Antonino Squillace
• Keywords: Additive Manufacturing, Fatigue Resistance, Nickel Alloys, Surface Quality

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