Thermal modeling of metal powder-based selective laser sintering

16th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, SFF 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 356-369

  Chen, Tiebing ^a   Zhang, Yuwen ^a  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; MELTING POINT; POWDER METALS; SHRINKAGE; SINTERING; STAINLESS STEEL;

GAUSSIAN LASER BEAM; LASER INDUCED MELTING; METAL POWDER MIXTURES; MOVING HEAT SOURCES; PARTIAL SHRINKAGES; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TRANSFORMING MODELS;

LASER HEATING;

EID: 38349128054     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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