ASTM_F_3122_-_14.pdf

Designation:F312214Standard Guide forEvaluating Mechanical Properties of Metal Materials Madevia Additive Manufacturing Processes1This standard is issued under the fixed designation F3122;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This standard serves as a guide to existing standards orvariations of existing standards that may be applicable todetermine specific mechanical properties of materials madewith an additive manufacturing process.1.2 As noted in many of these referenced standards,thereare several factors that may influence the reported properties,including material,material anisotropy,method of materialpreparation,porosity,method of specimen preparation,testingenvironment,specimen alignment and gripping,testing speed,and testing temperature.These factors should be recorded,tothe extent that they are known,according to Practice F2971and the guidelines of the referenced standards.1.3 The following standards are not referred to directly inthe guide but also have information that may be useful in thetesting of metal test specimens made via additive manufactur-ing:A370,A1058,B211,B348,B557,B565,B724,B769,E3,E6,E7,E290,E467,E468,E837,E915,E1049,E1823,E1942.1.4 UnitsThe values stated in SI units are to be regardedas the standard.No other units of measurement are included inthis standard.1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testingof Steel ProductsA1058 Test Methods for Mechanical Testing of SteelProductsMetricB211 Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-AlloyRolled or Cold Finished Bar,Rod,and WireB348 Specification for Titanium and Titanium Alloy Barsand BilletsB557 Test Methods for Tension Testing Wrought and CastAluminum-and Magnesium-Alloy ProductsB565 Test Method for Shear Testing of Aluminum andAluminum-Alloy Rivets and Cold-Heading Wire andRodsB645 Practice for Linear-Elastic PlaneStrain FractureToughness Testing of Aluminum AlloysB646 Practice for Fracture Toughness Testing of AluminumAlloysB647 Test Method for Indentation Hardness of AluminumAlloys by Means of a Webster Hardness GageB648 Test Method for Indentation Hardness of AluminumAlloys by Means of a Barcol ImpressorB724 Test Method for Indentation Hardness of AluminumAlloys by Means of a Newage,Portable,Non-Caliper-Type Instrument(Withdrawn 2013)3B769 Test Method for Shear Testing of Aluminum AlloysB909 Guide for Plane Strain Fracture Toughness Testing ofNon-Stress Relieved Aluminum ProductsE3 Guide for Preparation of Metallographic SpecimensE6 Terminology Relating to Methods of Mechanical TestingE7 Terminology Relating to MetallographyE8/E8M Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Ma-terialsE9 Test Methods of Compression Testing of Metallic Mate-rials at Room TemperatureE10 Test Method for Brinell Hardness of Metallic MaterialsE18 Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness of Metallic Ma-terialsE21 Test Methods for Elevated Temperature Tension Tests ofMetallic MaterialsE23 Test Methods for Notched Bar Impact Testing of Me-tallic MaterialsE111 Test Method for Youngs Modulus,Tangent Modulus,and Chord Modulus1This test method is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F42 on AdditiveManufacturing Technologies and is the direct responsibility of SubcommitteeF42.01 on Test Methods.Current edition approved Nov.1,2014.Published December 2014.DOI:10.1520/F3122-14.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced onwww.astm.org.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 E132 Test Method for Poissons Ratio at Room TemperatureE140 Hardness Conversion Tables for Metals RelationshipAmong Brinell Hardness,Vickers Hardness,RockwellHardness,Superficial Hardness,Knoop Hardness,Sclero-scope Hardness,and Leeb HardnessE143 Test Method for Shear Modulus at Room TemperatureE209 Practice for Compression Tests of Metallic Materials atElevated Temperatures with Conventional or Rapid Heat-ing Rates and Strain RatesE238 Test Method for Pin-Type Bearing Test of MetallicMaterialsE290 Test Methods for Bend Testing of Material for Ductil-ityE292 Test Methods for Conducting Time-for-Rupture NotchTension Tests of MaterialsE384 Test Method for Knoop and Vickers Hardness ofMater