Residual distortion is a major technical challenge for laser powder bed fusion (LPBF)
additive manufacturing (AM), since excessive distortion can cause build failure, cracks and …

Predicting residual distortion in metal additive manufacturing (AM) is important to ensure
quality of the fabricated component. The inherent strain method is ideal for this purpose, but …

Relaxation methods, also called “destructive” methods, are commonly used to evaluate
residual stresses in a wide range of engineering components. While seemingly less …

Additive manufacturing processes have been attracting extensive attention and developing
greatly in recent years. These processes have been widely studied by industrial and …

Process optimization has always been a crucial step for effective usage of metal additive
manufacturing (AM) processes: it consists in establishing quantitative relations between final …

With additive manufacturing being rapidly integrated into mainstream manufacturing, there is
a need to predict and eliminate any distortions in the manufactured parts. Simulation …

In this work an adaptive Finite Element strategy to deal with the numerical simulation of
Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes is presented. The Selective Laser Melting (SLM) is …

Thermal residual stress and distortion inherent in metal melting and solidification process is
the main cause of build failure in metal additive manufacturing (AM) techniques such as …

The study of residual stress has long been an important research field in science and
engineering, due to the fact that uncontrolled residual stresses are detrimental to the …

Controlling distortion in laser powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing is of critical
importance especially for thin-wall structures, which typically experience significant …