Microstructure and Tensile Test Data Alignment for Additive Manufacturing Data Registration

Published

August 6, 2021

Author(s)

Shaw C. Feng, Yan Lu, Albert T. Jones

Abstract

Microstructural and tensile test data are becoming increasingly available and important in additive manufacturing (AM). These data can be used as inputs to a variety of data-analytics tools, outputs from which can be used to ensure the part's quality and accelerate the qualification process. Microstructure data includes measurements of material structures, properties, and tensile tests can be used to identify fractures and stress-strain relationships. A major impediment to correlating these two types of data is that they are obtained in two different local coordinate systems. To establish the required process-material-property relationships, these data must be aligned with build data. The build data includes build commands and in-process measurements, and they are both in their own, separate, local coordinate systems. This paper proposes a data-registration procedure to correlate and organize these different types of data from measurement and tests.

Proceedings Title

Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium 2021

Conference Dates

August 2-4, 2021

Conference Location

Austin, TX, US

Conference Title

Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium

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Conferences

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Keywords

additive manufacturing, data registration, material data, mechanical property data

Citation

Feng, S. , Lu, Y. and Jones, A. (2021), Microstructure and Tensile Test Data Alignment for Additive Manufacturing Data Registration, Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium 2021, Austin, TX, US, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=933016 (Accessed April 24, 2026)

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