Laser Melting by Simonds et al.

Developer Documentation: Laser Melting by Simonds et al.
Developer Documentation
Laser Melting by Simonds et al.

The cases discussed here are part of the collaboration with Bruno Blais and Hélène Papillon-Laroche from Polytechnique Montréal on developing a numerical benchmark for melt pool models. The material parameters should represent Ti-6Al-4V and are derived from a thorough literature survey

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Feature

  • mp-melt-pool with inclined laser beam direction

Folder Structure

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Problem Description

Initial conditions

The initial configuration of the problem is given by the figure 1.

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Figure 1. Initial state of the problem.

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Boundary conditions

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Material parameters

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Specialties for 1D and 2D

  • laser power for 1D:
  • laser power for 2D: effective absorptivity = 0.35 * sqrt(2/pi)

Studied cases

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Simulation Results

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