Extreme‐Value Statistics Reveal Rare Failure‐Critical Defects in Additive Manufacturing

• Published in: Advanced engineering materials Vol. 19; no. 8
• Main Authors: Boyce, Brad L., Salzbrenner, Bradley C., Rodelas, Jeffrey M., Swiler, Laura P., Madison, Jonathan D., Jared, Bradley H., Shen, Yu‐Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley 01.08.2017
• Subjects: additive manufacturing; deformation; MATERIALS SCIENCE; power bed fusion; statistics; tensile

Additive manufacturing enables the rapid, cost effective production of customized structural components. To fully capitalize on the agility of additive manufacturing, it is necessary to develop complementary high‐throughput materials evaluation techniques. In this study, over 1000 nominally identica...