Affiliation:
1. Kansas State University Alan Levin Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, , 3002 Rathbone Hall, 1701B Platt Street, Manhattan, KS 66506
Abstract
Abstract
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) was utilized to create a series of aluminum alloy (i.e., AlSi10Mg) 5 mm-diameter support pillars with a fixed height of 5 mm containing varying filet angles and build orientations (i.e., 0 deg, 10 deg, 20 deg, 30 deg, 40 deg, 50 deg, and 60 deg from the normal surface) to determine surface roughness and water wettability effects. From experiments, anisotropic wetting was observed due in part to the surface heterogeneity created by the LPBF process. The powder-sourced AlSi10Mg alloy, typically hydrophobic, exhibited primarily hydrophilic behavior for build angles of 0 deg and 60 deg, a mix of hydrophobic and hydrophilic behavior at build angles of 10 deg and 20 deg, and hydrophobic behavior at 30 deg, 40 deg, and 50 deg build angles. Measured surface roughness, Ra, ranged from 5 to 36 µm and varied based on location. 3D-topography maps were generated, and arithmetic mean heights, Sa, of 15.52–21.71 µm were observed; the anisotropy of roughness altered the wetting behavior, thereby prompting some hydrophilic behavior. Build angles of 30 deg and 40 deg provided for the smoothest surfaces. A significantly rougher surface was found for the 50 deg build angle. This abnormally high roughness is attributed to the melt pool contact angle having maximal capillarity with the surrounding powder bed. In this study, the critical melt pool contact angle was near equal to the build angle, suggesting that a critical build angle exists, which gives rise to pronounced melt pool wetting behavior and increased surface roughness due to enhanced wicking followed by solidification.
Funder
Division of Graduate Education
Subject
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Computer Science Applications,Mechanical Engineering,Control and Systems Engineering
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