Creation of a heterogeneous material based on the titanium alloy and titanium boride by selective laser melting

Results of theoretical and experimental investigations of physical and mechanical properties of a heterogeneous material based on the TiB ceramics and Ti–6Al–4V metallic alloy obtained by means of selective laser melting are reported. Elastic properties of the heterogeneous structure under analysis are described by the method of conditional moments. Young’s modulus of the created heterogeneous material based on the titanium alloy and titanium boride is measured. The experimental data are found to be in good agreement with the numerical predictions.