Validation of Small Punch Testing Methodology to determine the variation in static properties over the build height of Ti-6Al-4V laser metal deposition samples.

Viviers, Amy Bronwan

Title: Validation of Small Punch Testing Methodology to determine the variation in static properties over the build height of Ti-6Al-4V laser metal deposition samples.
Creator: Viviers, Amy Bronwan
Subject: Photovoltaic power generation
Subject: Mechanical properties
Subject: South Africa
Date Issued: 2023-04
Date: 2023-04
Type: Master's theses
Type: text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/66344
Identifier: vital:74637
Description: Small Punch Static Testing is a testing methodology which has gained immense popularity in the power generation industry. With the drive to optimise material testing and use of expensive, lightweight materials in specialised engineering, Small Punch Static Testing has been standardised to determine standard mechanical properties of materials. Using the Small Punch Static Testing methodology as outlined in BS EN 10371, additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V samples were tested in order to determine their theoretical ultimate tensile strength and yield strength and to determine whether there was a significant change in mechanical properties across the build height of an interrupted build direct energy deposition sample. While extremely material specific, this method has been proven to be feasible in determining mechanical properties in samples where material is scarce and no significant relationship between the sample extraction height and mechanical properties is noted.
Description: Thesis (Ma) -- Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Technology, 2023
Format: computer
Format: online resource
Format: application/pdf
Format: 1 online resource (116pages)
Format: pdf
Publisher: Nelson Mandela University
Publisher: Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Technology
Language: English
Rights: Nelson Mandela University
Rights: All Rights Reserved
Rights: Open Access

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