Image Segmentation and Analysis for Microstructure and Property Evaluations on Ti–6Al–4V Fabricated by Selective Laser Melting

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  • Miyazaki Shiho
    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology Research Center of Structural Materials, National Institute for Materials Science
  • Kusano Masahiro
    Research Center of Structural Materials, National Institute for Materials Science
  • Bulgarevich Dmitry S.
    Research Center of Structural Materials, National Institute for Materials Science
  • Kishimoto Satoshi
    Research Center of Structural Materials, National Institute for Materials Science
  • Yumoto Atsushi
    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology
  • Watanabe Makoto
    Research Center of Structural Materials, National Institute for Materials Science Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

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<p>The selective laser melting could be employed in fabrication of near-net shape products for airplane and biomedical applications from Ti–6Al–4V alloy, which is difficult-to-process material. In this method, the localized laser irradiation forms the unique Ti–6Al–4V microstructures which correspond to the laser scanning patterns and local thermal history as it could be observed from sample cross-sections with OM or SEM. In this study, the effects of heat treatments on mechanical properties of Ti–6Al–4V samples produced by selective laser melting are discussed based on quantitative analysis of microstructures with image processing and machine learning tools. It was found that microstructures of heat-treated samples retained their original morphologies and secondary α phase precipitated regularly at β grain boundaries with increased treatment time. These microstructures were appropriately segmented and classified. Each α particle geometrical characteristics were successfully extracted and evaluated by image analysis. Importantly, the hardness of the heat-treated samples was lower compared to that of as-built ones and it tended to increase with the area fraction of α phase, the α particle width, and the nearest neighbor distance between α particles.</p>

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  • MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS

    MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS 60 (4), 561-568, 2019-04-01

    The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials

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