PMID- 36499790 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20221222 IS - 1996-1944 (Print) IS - 1996-1944 (Electronic) IS - 1996-1944 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 23 DP - 2022 Nov 22 TI - Surface Morphology, Compressive Behavior, and Energy Absorption of Graded Triply Periodic Minimal Surface 316L Steel Cellular Structures Fabricated by Laser Powder Bed Fusion. LID - 10.3390/ma15238294 [doi] LID - 8294 AB - Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is an emerging technique for the fabrication of triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) structures in metals. In this work, different TPMS structures such as Diamond, Gyroid, Primitive, Neovius, and Fisher-Koch S with graded relative densities are fabricated from 316L steel using LPBF. The graded TPMS samples are subjected to sandblasting to improve the surface finish before mechanical testing. Quasi-static compression tests are performed to study the deformation behavior and energy absorption capacity of TPMS structures. The results reveal superior stiffness and energy absorption capabilities for the graded TPMS samples compared to the uniform TPMS structures. The Fisher-Koch S and Primitive samples show higher strength whereas the Fisher-Koch S and Neovius samples exhibit higher elastic modulus. The Neovius type structure shows the highest energy absorption up to 50% strain among all the TPMS structures. The Gibson-Ashby coefficients are calculated for the TPMS structures, and it is found that the C(2) values are in the range suggested by Gibson and Ashby while C(1) values differ from the proposed range. FAU - Ravichander, Bharath Bhushan AU - Ravichander BB AD - Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA. FAU - Jagdale, Shweta Hanmant AU - Jagdale SH AD - Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA. FAU - Kumar, Golden AU - Kumar G AD - Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA. LA - eng GR - NA/The University of Texas System STARs award/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221122 PL - Switzerland TA - Materials (Basel) JT - Materials (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101555929 PMC - PMC9740850 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 316L steel OT - deformation behavior OT - energy absorption OT - laser powder bed fusion OT - porous structure OT - surface morphology OT - triply periodic minimal surface COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/12/12 06:00 MHDA- 2022/12/12 06:01 PMCR- 2022/11/22 CRDT- 2022/12/11 01:23 PHST- 2022/09/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/11/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/11/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/12/11 01:23 [entrez] PHST- 2022/12/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/12 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/11/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ma15238294 [pii] AID - materials-15-08294 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ma15238294 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Materials (Basel). 2022 Nov 22;15(23):8294. doi: 10.3390/ma15238294.