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Continuum Modeling Of The Densification Of W-Ni-Fe During Selective Laser Sintering, Connor M. West
Continuum Modeling Of The Densification Of W-Ni-Fe During Selective Laser Sintering, Connor M. West
Master's Theses
The purpose of this thesis is to effectively model the time history of the temperature distribution during the selective laser sintering process and use this information to investigate the resulting relative density. The temperature is a critical parameter of the process because it directly effects the overall quality of the part. First, an efficient, affordable, and reliable simulation was developed within the finite element software, Abaqus. Next, the results from the simulations were compared to the experimental results performed by Wang et al. (2016). The FEA model consisted of a 3 layer simulation. Multiple simulations at various laser recipes were …