Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the indentation behavior of thin AlSi10Mg specimens manufactured using Selective Laser Melting (SLM) in the as-built condition along with two post-treatments, namely solution heat treatment and artificial aging. Four different thicknesses of 1 mm, 1.5 mm, 2 mm, and 2.5 mm of SLM specimens, with the different post-treatments, underwent standardized Rockwell hardness tests using a spherical indenter to determine their hardness values and assess the impression using a stereo microscope and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The as-built specimens showed a trend of smaller indentation depths with increasing specimen thickness, and finally creased with 0.1547 mm depth at 2.5 mm. However, the post-treatments altered the behavior of the specimens to a certain degree, giving larger experimental indentation depths of 0.2204 mm, 0.1962 mm, and 0.1798 mm at 1.0 mm, 1.5 mm, and 2.5 mm thickness, respectively, after solution heat treatment. Artificial aging showed a general decrease in indentation depth with increasing specimen thickness in contrast to solution treatment, and resulted in depths of 0.1888 mm and 0.1596 mm at 1.0 mm and 2.5 mm thickness. Furthermore, a material numerical model was made using stress–strain data on ANSYS Workbench to develop a predictive model for the indentation behavior of the specimens in contrast to experimentation. Under multi-linear isotropic hardening, the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) simulation produced indentation geometry with an average accuracy of 95.4% for the artificial aging series.
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Kamil, A.S.; Muzamil, M.; Akhtar, M.; Alsaleh, N.; Khan, R.; Samiuddin, M.; Siddiqui, A.K.; Yang, J.; Djuansjah, J.
Indentation Behavior Assessment of As-Built, Solution, and Artificial Aged Heat-Treated Selective Laser Melting Specimens of AlSi10Mg. Crystals 2024, 14, 610.
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst14070610
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Kamil AS, Muzamil M, Akhtar M, Alsaleh N, Khan R, Samiuddin M, Siddiqui AK, Yang J, Djuansjah J.
Indentation Behavior Assessment of As-Built, Solution, and Artificial Aged Heat-Treated Selective Laser Melting Specimens of AlSi10Mg. Crystals. 2024; 14(7):610.
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst14070610
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Kamil, Abubakr Shahnawaz, Muhammad Muzamil, Maaz Akhtar, Naser Alsaleh, Rashid Khan, Muhammad Samiuddin, Ali Khursheed Siddiqui, Junzhou Yang, and Joy Djuansjah.
2024. "Indentation Behavior Assessment of As-Built, Solution, and Artificial Aged Heat-Treated Selective Laser Melting Specimens of AlSi10Mg" Crystals 14, no. 7: 610.
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst14070610
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