Modeling of additive manufacturing processes for metals: Challenges and opportunities

MM Francois, A Sun, WE King, NJ Henson… - Current Opinion in Solid …, 2017 - Elsevier
With the technology being developed to manufacture metallic parts using increasingly
advanced additive manufacturing processes, a new era has opened up for designing novel …

Modeling and simulation of microstructure evolution for additive manufacturing of metals: a critical review

C Körner, M Markl, JA Koepf - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2020 - Springer
Beam-based additive manufacturing (AM) of metallic components is characterized by
extreme process conditions. The component forms in a line-by-line and layer-by-layer …

Phase-field simulation for the evolution of solid/liquid interface front in directional solidification process

Y Zhao, B Zhang, H Hou, W Chen, M Wang - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, the phase field method was used to study the multi-controlling factors of
dendrite growth in directional solidification. The effects of temperature gradient, propelling …

Progress in modelling solidification microstructures in metals and alloys. Part II: dendrites from 2001 to 2018

W Kurz, M Rappaz, R Trivedi - International Materials Reviews, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This is the first account of the history of modelling dendritic and cellular solidification. While
Part I reviewed the progress up to the year 2000 [Kurz W, Fisher DJ, Trivedi R. Progress in …

Design and tailoring of alloys for additive manufacturing

TM Pollock, AJ Clarke, SS Babu - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions …, 2020 - Springer
Additive manufacturing (AM) promises a major transformation for manufacturing of metallic
components for aerospace, medical, nuclear, and energy applications. This perspective …

Solidification microstructure simulation of Ti-6Al-4V in metal additive manufacturing: A review

J Li, X Zhou, M Brochu, N Provatas, YF Zhao - Additive Manufacturing, 2020 - Elsevier
Metal additive manufacturing (MAM) technology is now changing the pattern of the high-end
manufacturing industry, among which microstructure simulation gradually shows its …

Microstructure selection in thin-sample directional solidification of an Al-Cu alloy: In situ X-ray imaging and phase-field simulations

AJ Clarke, D Tourret, Y Song, SD Imhoff, PJ Gibbs… - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
We study microstructure selection during directional solidification of a thin metallic sample.
We combine in situ X-ray radiography of a dilute Al-Cu alloy solidification experiments with …

Hierarchical structure formation by crystal growth-front instabilities during ice templating

K Yin, K Ji, LS Littles, R Trivedi… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Directional solidification of aqueous solutions and slurries in a temperature gradient is
widely used to produce cellular materials through a phase separation of solutes or …

Submicrometer-scale molecular dynamics simulation of nucleation and solidification from undercooled melt: linkage between empirical interpretation and atomistic …

Y Shibuta, S Sakane, T Takaki, M Ohno - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Nucleation and solidification from the undercooled iron melt are investigated from the
atomistic point of view by large-scale molecular dynamics (MD) simulations up to 12 million …

In situ observation of solidification patterns in diffusive conditions

S Akamatsu, H Nguyen-Thi - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
We present a review of recent in situ experimentation studies of solidification front patterns
and microstructures in alloys. Front-tracking diagnostics and real-time observation methods …