Numerical methods for microstructural evolutions in laser additive manufacturing

Different methods are developed for simulation of microstructural evolution in metals and alloys subject to Laser Additive Manufacturing. The Monte Carlo (MC) method is combined with a new proposed two scales strategy for simulation of the solidification and the subsequent solid-state phase transfor...

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Published inComputers & mathematics with applications (1987) Vol. 78; no. 7; pp. 2296 - 2307
Main Authors Zhang, Z., Tan, Z.J., Yao, X.X., Hu, C.P., Ge, P., Wan, Z.Y., Li, J.Y., Wu, Q.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2019
Elsevier BV
Subjects
Additive manufacturing
Alloy development
Aluminum base alloys
Cellular automata
Cellular automaton method
Computer simulation
Grain growth
Laser additive manufacturing
Monte Carlo method
Numerical methods
Phase field method
Phase transitions
Simulation
Solidification
Temperature gradients
Titanium base alloys
Monte Carlo method
Phase field method
Cellular automaton method
Laser additive manufacturing
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Summary:Different methods are developed for simulation of microstructural evolution in metals and alloys subject to Laser Additive Manufacturing. The Monte Carlo (MC) method is combined with a new proposed two scales strategy for simulation of the solidification and the subsequent solid-state phase transformation in Ti–6Al–4V.The Cellular Automaton (CA) method shows its higher efficiency in comparison with MC method. Moore neighbor type with energy barrier is recommended for the CA simulation of grain growth of Al 6061. The phase field (PF) model shows that different temperature gradients lead to different columnar grains in different layers of Ti–32wt.%Nb. The computed structures are related to experimental observations.
ISSN:0898-1221
1873-7668
DOI:10.1016/j.camwa.2018.07.011