Numerical modeling of heat distribution in the electron beam melting® of Ti-6Al-4V

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Jamshidinia, Mahdi ^a   Kong, Fanrong ^a   Kovacevic, Radovan ^a  

^a Southern Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron beam melting ; Heat distribution; Negative temperature coefficient of surface tension; Numerical modeling; Ti 6Al 4V

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ELECTRON BEAM MELTING; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOMETRY; LASERS; MASERS; NEGATIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TERNARY ALLOYS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; VANADIUM ALLOYS;

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS; ELECTRON-BEAM CURRENT; HEAT DISTRIBUTION; INFLUENCE OF PROCESS PARAMETERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES CONTROLS; OPTIMIZATION OF PROCESSING PARAMETERS; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT PROPERTIES; TI-6 AL-4 V;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

EID: 84889648996     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: 15288935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4025746     Document Type: Article

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