2022 年 72 巻 5 号 p. 164-171
Laser powder bed fused Al-10Si-0.4Mg (mass%) alloy exhibits low and anisotropic thermal conductivity. To elucidate dominant microstructural features generating the characteristic thermal conductivity, thermal conduction analysis was performed by an image-based finite element method (FEM) using scanning electron microscope (SEM) images. The serial sectioning images of as-fabricated and 300ºC/2 h heat treated Al-10Si-0.4Mg alloys were obtained by focused ion beam SEM (FIB-SEM) and were used for constructing three-dimensional models. The homogenization method was applied to calculate average thermal conductivity of these models. When the thermal conductivity of α-Al phase was set at the thermal conductivity of pure aluminum, calculated thermal conductivity of as-fabricated model was much higher than experimentally measured thermal conductivity of as-fabricated Al-10Si-0.4Mg alloy, indicating that α-Al phase in the as-fabricated Al-10Si-0.4Mg alloy had much lower thermal conductivity than pure aluminum. In addition, the anisotropy of thermal conductivity appeared only in the as-fabricated model in which the α-Al/Si interfacial thermal resistance was taken into account. These results were used for discussing dominant contributors of low and anisotropic thermal conductivity of laser additive manufactured Al-10Si-0.4Mg alloy.
