Fast simulation for powder bed fusion process based on thermal field pattern repetitions: application on electron beam melting process

This work addresses the fast macroscale modelling of powder bed fusion for metallic materials. The main available approaches are analysed and applied on a typical benchmark of overhang part made by electron beam melting process. The aim is to quantify the side loss geometrical defect of the part. Th...

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Published inInternational journal of advanced manufacturing technology Vol. 131; no. 2; pp. 585 - 594
Main Authors Ledoux, Yann, Ghaoui, Soukaina, Ballu, Alex, Grandvallet, Christelle, Villeneuve, François, Museau, Matthieu, Vignat, Frederic, Vo, Thanh Hoang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Springer London 01.03.2024
Springer Nature B.V
Springer Verlag
Subjects
Accuracy
Beds (process engineering)
CAE) and Design
Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD
Defects
Electron beam melting
Engineering
Engineering Sciences
Industrial and Production Engineering
Material properties
Mechanical Engineering
Media Management
Modelling
Original Article
Powder beds
Simulation
Thermal simulation
Powder bed fusion
Additive manufacturing
Electron beam melting
Thermomechanical simulation
Fast numerical simulation
Thermal fields
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Summary:This work addresses the fast macroscale modelling of powder bed fusion for metallic materials. The main available approaches are analysed and applied on a typical benchmark of overhang part made by electron beam melting process. The aim is to quantify the side loss geometrical defect of the part. The accuracy of such classical fast macroscale modelling is limited due to the simplifications on the beam motion (not addressed) and the none dependency of the material properties to the temperature. To overcome these limitations, an original fast simulation is developed based on identification of layer-by-layer sequence repetitions and resulting thermal fields. These fields are then directly introduced to a mechanical simulation through thermal curve. Comparison between various fast simulation approaches are made according to their abilities to simulate the geometrical part defects and their required computing times. The first results on the thermal curve simulation show a good balance between accuracy and speed up regarding the full thermomechanical simulation and the experimental defect obtained on the produced part.
ISSN:0268-3768
1433-3015
DOI:10.1007/s00170-023-11142-5