Numerical simulation of laser irradiation to a randomly packed bimodal powder bed

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 13-14, 2009, Pages 3137-3146

  Zhou, Jianhua ^a   Zhang, Yuwen ^a   Chen, J K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Laser irradiation; Radiative transfer; Random packing; Ray tracing method; Selective laser sintering

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL POWDERS; BIMODAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; COMPUTER CODES; DIFFERENT SIZES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; LASER ENERGIES; LASER IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PACKING ALGORITHMS; PACKING STRUCTURES; PARTICLE SURFACES; POWDER BEDS; RADIATIVE HEAT FLUXES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER PROCESS; RANDOM PACKING; RAY TRACING METHOD; RAY-TRACING ALGORITHMS; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; SEQUENTIAL ADDITIONS; SPHERICAL PARTICLES; TWO-FLUX MODELS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; IRRADIATION; LASER HEATING; PACKING; POLYDISPERSITY; POWDERS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEQUENTIAL SWITCHING; SINTERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LASERS;

EID: 64749098900     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.01.028     Document Type: Article

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