Numerical simulations have recently shown their potential as a robust, cheap and reliable tool for predicting the quality of components produced by metal additive manufacturing …
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing technology is sensitive to variations in powder particle morphology and size distribution. However, the absence of a clear link …
Additive manufacturing (AM) is an advanced manufacturing technology, enabling production of complex shapes by adding material layer-upon-layer, as distinct from conventional …
A geometry-based simulation is used to predict porosity caused by insufficient overlap of melt pools (lack of fusion) in powder bed fusion. The inputs into the simulation are hatch …
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The production of metal parts via laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing is growing exponentially. However, the transition of this technology from production of prototypes to …
Selective laser sintering (SLS) is a powder bed fusion technology that uses a laser source to melt selected regions of a polymer powder bed based on 3D model data. Components with …
Reliable computational models of metal additive manufacturing will assist in optimising part quality, and are likely to play a role in component qualification. A key component of these …
Detailed understanding of the complex melt pool physics plays a vital role in predicting optimal processing regimes in laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. In this work …
With the technology being developed to manufacture metallic parts using increasingly advanced additive manufacturing processes, a new era has opened up for designing novel …