About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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Symposium
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Additive Manufacturing Modeling, Simulation and Machine Learning
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Presentation Title |
Validation of a Transient Heat Source Model for Laser Powder Bed Fusion |
Author(s) |
John Coleman, Gerry Knapp, Benjamin Stump, Matt Rolchigo, Alex Plotkowski |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
John Coleman |
Abstract Scope |
Melt pool scale models of additive manufacturing (AM) provide insight into process-structure-property relationships for AM parts. These models utilize volumetric source terms to describe the heat input from a moving laser, often calibrated against single pass experiments. This calibration approach can yield inaccurate predictions of the melt pool shape when transient heating effects impact keyhole evolution, leading to discrepancies in solidification conditions and grain structure development compared to experimental data. To address these limitations, a two-parameter heat source model is proposed that independently controls the distribution of absorbed power and the geometric shape of the volumetric heat source, enabling better approximation of transient thermal conditions across processing regimes. The model builds upon previous experimental studies that establish causal relationships between melt pool shape and absorbed power in laser powder bed fusion. Predicted transient melt pool shapes and grain textures are compared against experimental data for various alloys. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
Keywords |
Additive Manufacturing, Computational Materials Science & Engineering, ICME |