Investigation of molten pool dynamic behaviors in laser additive manufacturing by numerical simulation
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Abstract
Laser additive manufacturing (LAM) can provide innovative approaches for designing a lightweight product with load-adapted structures and be widely used in the automotive and aerospace industries. A numerical model taking into account wire feeding and laser absorption is developed in this paper to investigate the dynamic behaviors of a mixing molten pool in the LAM process. Based on this model, flow field distribution and the evolution of molten pool are numerically calculated. The surface of the mixing molten pool during the LAM process is tracked and the evolution of the molten pool is analyzed. The droplet transfer mode of molten wire adding into the molten pool and the influence of Marangoni convection on the surface evolution of the molten pool are discussed by way of simulation results. It is found that the molten pool dynamic behaviors have great influence on the morphology of the formed layer after molten metal solidification in the molten pool. The calculated height and width of the formed layer are validated by the experimental results and good agreement between them is found. Therefore, the proposed method is of importance for controlling the molten metal flowing in the molten pool and the morphology of the formed layer in LAM.
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OpenAlex topics: Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes · Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies · Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses
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Affiliations
School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University 1 , Changsha, Hunan 410075, People’s Republic of China
Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track of Ministry of Education, Central South University 2 , Changsha, Hunan 410075, People’s Republic of China
Funding
Hunan Province Natural Science Foundation of China · Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities of the Central South University · Natural Natural Science Foundation of China
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