Simulation of metal additive manufacturing microstructures using kinetic Monte Carlo

• Published in: Computational materials science Vol. 135; no. C; pp. 78 - 89
• Main Authors: Rodgers, Theron M., Madison, Jonathan D., Tikare, Veena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.07.2017; Elsevier
• Subjects: Additive manufacturing; Kinetic Monte Carlo; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; Microstructure; Microstructure; Kinetic Monte Carlo; Additive manufacturing
• ISSN: 0927-0256; 1879-0801
• DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2017.03.053

[Display omitted] •Novel Potts Monte Carlo-based model allows for the simulation of metal AM microstructures.•The method can simulate dozens of deposition layers and hundreds of passes.•Simulation results are compared against three distinct experimental results.•The model is freely available in the...