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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 47, Issue 27, Pages -Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/47/27/275303
Keywords
evaporation; thermal lattice Boltzmann method; free surfaces; selective electron beam melting
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- German Research Foundation (DFG) [KO 1984/9-1]
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Evaporation plays an important role in many technical applications including beam-based additive manufacturing processes, such as selective electron beam or selective laser melting (SEBM/SLM). In this paper, we describe an evaporation model which we employ within the framework of a two-dimensional free surface lattice Boltzmann method. With this method, we solve the hydrodynamics as well as thermodynamics of the molten material taking into account the mass and energy losses due to evaporation and the recoil pressure acting on the melt pool. Validation of the numerical model is performed by measuring maximum melt depths and evaporative losses in samples of pure titanium and Ti-6Al-4V molten by an electron beam. Finally, the model is applied to create processing maps for an SEBM process. The results predict that the penetration depth of the electron beam, which is a function of the acceleration voltage, has a significant influence on evaporation effects.
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