High Throughput Testing of Additive Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing is a disruptive new manufacturing paradigm that hold tremendous potential for creation of novel designs and introduction of novel new alloy systems. However, much of this potential remains unrealized due to a lack of robust material properties databases. Accurate calibration of materials models and robust part qualification and certification regimes both will require massive databases that capture microstructure-processing-properties relationships under the influence of the myriad variables present in AM. Uncertainty quantification will likewise require significant testing. In order to achieve accelerated implementation of AM technologies and materials, the goal of this program is to produce testing methodologies that significantly increase throughput of both static and dynamic testing, while remaining comparable to existing datasets.