Characterization of C-18150 Additively Manufactured material

This team (Dr. T. Gregory Guzik of LaSPACE, Dr. Shengmin Guo of LSU, and Dr. Michael M Khonsari of LSU) will target NASA Commercial Space Capabilities Office’s research call CSCO-2017-01 entitled “Characterization of C-18150 Additively Manufactured Material” The objective of the proposed research is to evaluate the quality of copper-alloy (C-18150) parts made by a powder bed fusion additive manufacturing process—selective laser melting (SLM). This Louisiana team has expertise and facilities to carry out all required tasks listed under the RFP for project CSCO-2017-01. In specific, the proposing team will characterize the SLM copper-alloy, C-18150, in the as-built condition and also optimize the heat treatment process to maximize material properties. In addition, this team will conduct thermal physical property measurements for C-18150 samples.

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