Numerical simulation of the temperature distribution and solid-phase evolution in the LENSTM process

17th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, SFF 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 453-463

  Wang, L ^a   Felicelli, S ^a   Gooroochurn, Y ^b   Wang, P T ^a   Horstemeyer, M F ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ESI North America   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element modeling; Laser engineered net shaping; LENS; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

COOLING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT FLUX; LENSES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMOANALYSIS;

CONTINUOUS COOLING TRANSFORMATION; LASER ENGINEERED NET SHAPING; MOVING HEAT SOURCES; PHASE EVOLUTIONS; RAPID FABRICATION; SOLID-PHASE TRANSFORMATION; STAINLESS STEEL 410; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT MODEL;

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84898407531     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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