Surface roughness analysis, modelling and prediction in selective laser melting

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 589-597

  Strano, Giovanni ^a   Hao, Liang ^a   Everson, Richard M ^a   Evans, Kenneth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing; Mathematical modelling; Surface analysis; Surface roughness prediction

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; ALLOY STEEL; FINISHING; FORECASTING; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAIRS; SURFACE ANALYSIS; SURFACES;

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS; GEOMETRICAL CONSIDERATIONS; MODELLING AND PREDICTIONS; NEW MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ROUGHNESS PREDICTIONS; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS AND MORPHOLOGY;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84871023476     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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