TY - JOUR A1 - Roveda, Ilaria A1 - Serrano Munoz, Itziar A1 - Haubrich, J. A1 - Requena, G. A1 - Madia, Mauro T1 - Influence of post-process heat treatments on the fatigue crack propagation behaviour of a PBF-LB/M AlSi10Mg alloy N2 - The microstructure has a great influence on short fatigue crack growth in metallic materials. Laser-based Powder Bed Fusion AlSi10Mg alloys exhibit in the as-built condition a fine fibrous Si structure and a supersaturated solid solution of Si in the α-Al matrix, which is significantly modified by heat treatments starting already at temperatures under 260 °C. This study focuses on the influence of post-process heat treatments on the microstructural evolution and the resulting fatigue crack growth resistance. As compared to the as-built condition, two heat treatments at 265 °C/1 h and at 300 °C/2 h are found to be beneficial to the fatigue crack growth resistance of the investigated material. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Fatigue crack growth KW - Cyclic R-curve KW - Heat treatment PY - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2023.107808 SN - 0142-1123 VL - 175 SP - 1 EP - 12 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-57822 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -