A chimera method for thermal part-scale metal additive manufacturing simulation

This paper presents a Chimera approach for the thermal problems in welding and metallic Additive Manufacturing (AM). In particular, a moving mesh is attached to the moving heat source while a fixed background mesh covers the rest of the computational domain. The thermal field of the moving mesh is s...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Slimani, Mehdi, Cervera Ruiz, Miguel|||0000-0003-3437-6703, Chiumenti, Michele|||0000-0002-6286-7393
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositório:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/415438
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/415438
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.finel.2024.104238
Access Level:Acesso embargado
Palavra-chave:Manufacturing processes--Mathematical models
FEM
Chimera
DD
Neumann-Dirichlet
LPBF
Fabricació -- Models matemàtics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Anàlisi numèrica::Mètodes en elements finits
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials::Metal·lúrgia
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Resumo:This paper presents a Chimera approach for the thermal problems in welding and metallic Additive Manufacturing (AM). In particular, a moving mesh is attached to the moving heat source while a fixed background mesh covers the rest of the computational domain. The thermal field of the moving mesh is solved in the heat source reference frame. The chosen framework to couple the solutions on both meshes is a non-overlapping Domain Decomposition (DD) with Neumann-Dirichlet transmission conditions.Increased steadiness and accuracy within the vicinity of the Heat Affected Zone (HAZ) are the main advantages of this approach. The steadiness gain allows for the use of larger time steps, which is vital in AM applications and, in particular, Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF), where the disparity of time scales represents a major hurdle. Moreover, enhanced accuracy can be observed in the resulting morphology of the melt pool. It will be shown that the method addresses classical shortcomings pointed out by Goldak without requiring the use of an asymmetrical heat source profile.