Predicting the complete tensile properties of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V by integrating three-dimensional microstructure statistics with a crystal plasticity model

Abstract

A multiscale finite element model integrating microstructure statistics with an enhanced three-dimensional (3D) crystal plasticity model including damage has been developed to predict the complete tensile stress-strain response of Ti-6Al-4V manufactured by selective laser melting. A statistically equivalent representative volume element (SERVE) was constructed from an orthogonal set of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) images capturing key statistical information such as the spatial distribution of the grain size and the crystallographic and morphological orientation of the grains. Working from this 3D SERVE as a statistical model of the real microstructure, the crystal plasticity fini..