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Relating Microstructure To Process Variables In Beam-Based Additive Manufacturing Of Inconel 718, John Ryan Thompson
Relating Microstructure To Process Variables In Beam-Based Additive Manufacturing Of Inconel 718, John Ryan Thompson
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The advancement of laser or electron beam-based additive manufacturing requires the ability to control solidification microstructure. Previous work combined analytical point source solutions and nonlinear thermal finite element analysis (FEA) to explore the effects of deposition process variables on Ti-6Al-4V solidification microstructure. The current work seeks to extend the approach to Inconel 718, with the addition of Cellular Automaton-Finite Element (CAFE) models. Numerical data from finite element results are extracted in order to calculate accurate melt pool geometry, thus leading to corresponding cooling rates and thermal gradients. The CAFE models are used to simulate grain grown and nucleation, providing a …