AdditivelymanufacturedTi-6Al-4Vlatticestructureshavefoundimportantnicheapplications.However,theyoftenshowinsufficientcompressiveductilityorinsufficientstructuralintegrity.Inthisstudy,abatchof45octahedralTi-6Al-4Vlatticestructureswasmanufacturedinthreedifferentstrutdiameters(0.5,1.0,1.5mm)byselectiveelectronbeammelting(SEBM).Theinfluenceofpost-SEBMannealingonthecompressivedeformationcharacteristicsofthelatticestructurewasinvestigated.Theas-builtTi-6AI-4Vlatticesfragmentedwhenthecompressivestrainreached13%-23%dependingonstrutdiameter.Annealingat950℃(Ptransustemperature:995℃)onlyslightlyimprovedthecompressiveductilityofthelatticestructures.However,annealingat1050℃(p-annealing)fundamentallychangedthecompressivedeformationmodeofthelatticestructures.Theresultantcompressivestress-straincurvewasfeaturedbyalongsmoothplateauandnofactureoccurredevenaftersignificantdensificationofthelatticestructurehadtakenplace(>50%ofcompressivestrain).
