Phase-Field Modeling of Wetting and Balling Dynamics in Powder Bed Fusion Process
| Autor: | Lu Li, Tai-Hsi Fan, Ji-Qin Li |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Physics Fusion Phase transition Mechanical Engineering Computational Mechanics Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn) FOS: Physical sciences Physics - Fluid Dynamics Substrate (printing) Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter Condensed Matter Physics Physics::Fluid Dynamics Mechanics of Materials Phase (matter) Heat transfer Fluid dynamics Surface roughness Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft) Wetting Composite material |
| DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.2101.09625 |
| Popis: | In a powder bed fusion additive manufacturing (AM) process, the balling effect has a significant impact on the surface quality of the printing parts. Surface wetting helps the bonding between powder and substrate and the inter-particle fusion, whereas the balling effect forms large spheroidal beads around the laser beam and causes voids, discontinuities, and poor surface roughness during the printing process. To better understand the transient dynamics, a theoretical model with a simplified 2D configuration is developed to investigate the underlying fluid flow and heat transfer, phase transition, and interfacial instability along with the laser heating. We demonstrate that the degree of wetting and fast solidification counter-balance the balling effect, and the Rayleigh-Plateau flow instability plays an important role for cases with relatively low substrate wettability and high scanning rate. Comment: 22 pages, 4 figures |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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