Abstract
Powdered metal additive manufacturing technology shows great promise in the aerospace industry. Accurately simulating the associated processes will allow process windows and physical phenomena to be thoroughly investigated without the need for costly and time consuming experiments. The authors have expanded upon previous thermal finite element models by including mass and momentum balance equations which allow for the direct simulation of fluid flow in addition to thermal transport. This is accomplished by the incorporation of the forced rigidity method which utilizes a temperature dependent dynamic viscosity to model melting, flow, and subsequent solidification in all three spatial dimensions. This work includes a sophisticated finite element model that is validated with in-house experiments, as well as experimental determination of thermal conductivity of gas-atomized Inconel 718 powder particles. Through simulation and experimental findings a novel method of modeling the complete physics associated with powder bed additive manufacturing processes is presented.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 36-43 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Finite Elements in Analysis and Design |
Volume | 135 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Computational fluid dynamics
- Finite element
- Inconel 718
- Laser melting
- Powder bed
- Transient thermal analysis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analysis
- Engineering(all)
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
- Applied Mathematics