Their high strength-to-weight ratio, good corrosion resistance and excellent thermal and
electrical conductivity have exponentially increased the interest in aluminium alloys in the …

Laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) has attracted significant attention in both the industry and
academic fields since its inception, providing unprecedented advantages to fabricate …

Improving the quality of the powder bed is of great interest in the powder bed fusion-based
additive manufacturing (PBF-AM) process to reduce micro-defects in the final product. We …

The quality of powder beds is a key factor governing the density of bulk parts produced by
the powder bed fusion–additive manufacturing (PBF-AM) process. Conventional …

Smoke is unexpected powder-splashing caused by electrostatic force and is one of the main
problems hindering the process stability and applicability of the powder bed fusion electron …

The reuse of recycled powder in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) has significant economic
and practical value. While numerous investigations have proposed the negative effects of …

To show the relationship between the nozzles and the powder flows, computational fluid
dynamics and discrete element methods were used to simulate the interactions between the …

Fly ash (FA), a multicompound mineral, is an industrial waste produced during coal burning
in thermal power stations. It has been regarded as the most environmentally hazardous …

The effectiveness of a close-coupled gas atomisation process largely depends on the
operational and the geometric variables. In this study, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) …

Additive manufacturing (AM) of metals can be broadly accomplished via two defined
technologies: powder bed fusion and directed energy deposition. During AM fabrication, the …