Multi-resolution SPH simulation of a laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing process

M Afrasiabi, C Lüthi, M Bambach, K Wegener - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper presents an efficient mesoscale simulation of a Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF)
process using the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method. The efficiency lies in …

[HTML][HTML] An improved thermal model for SPH metal cutting simulations on GPU

M Afrasiabi, H Klippel, M Röthlin, K Wegener - Applied Mathematical …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents the first application of a higher-order Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
(SPH) method to the thermal modeling of metal cutting problems. With this application, the …

[HTML][HTML] GPU-accelerated meshfree simulations for parameter identification of a friction model in metal machining

M Afrasiabi, L Meier, M Röthlin, H Klippel… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the analysis of metal machining processes using meshless methods, friction is usually
modeled (if at all) by Coulomb's law with a prescribed constant coefficient. Experimental …

Effect of process parameters on melt pool geometry in laser powder bed fusion of metals: a numerical investigation

M Afrasiabi, D Keller, C Lüthi, M Bambach, K Wegener - Procedia CIRP, 2022 - Elsevier
Numerical simulation of melt pool behavior during laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is
essential to provide more effective control of the process and choose an optimal set of input …

Meshfree simulation of metal cutting: an updated Lagrangian approach with dynamic refinement

M Afrasiabi, M Röthlin, H Klippel, K Wegener - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
This article presents an implementation of a meshfree method, intended for the application
to simulate an orthogonal metal cutting operation. To optimize the runtime, a dynamic …

Contemporary meshfree methods for three dimensional heat conduction problems

M Afrasiabi, M Roethlin, K Wegener - Archives of Computational Methods …, 2020 - Springer
This work aims to be a fairly comprehensive study on the respective performance of several
meshfree schemes selected for 3D heat conduction problems. A wide array of such methods …

3D thermal simulation of a laser drilling process with meshfree methods

M Afrasiabi, K Wegener - Journal of Manufacturing and Materials …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Numerical simulation of laser drilling is rapidly gaining interest in academia and industry
since this process remains one of the most important and widely-used technologies in …

Smoothed particle hydrodynamics modeling of the multi-layer laser powder bed fusion process

M Afrasiabi, C Lüthi, M Bambach, K Wegener - Procedia CIRP, 2022 - Elsevier
The need for materials and process optimization in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) goes
hand in hand with its numerical simulation capabilities. This work lays the groundwork for …

Smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulation of orthogonal cutting with enhanced thermal modeling

M Afrasiabi, H Klippel, M Roethlin, K Wegener - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) is a mesh-free numerical method that can simulate
metal cutting problems efficiently. The thermal modeling of such processes with SPH …

A porous media leakage model of contact mechanical seals considering surface wettability

G Bei, C Ma, J Sun, X Ni, Y Ma - Coatings, 2021 - mdpi.com
The fluid leakage channel found in contact mechanical seals belongs to the microchannel
category. Thus, upon further inspection, the influence of surface wettability and other factors …