Process phenomena and material properties in selective laser sintering of polymers: A review

F Lupone, E Padovano, F Casamento, C Badini - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Selective laser sintering (SLS) is a powder bed fusion technology that uses a laser source to
melt selected regions of a polymer powder bed based on 3D model data. Components with …

DEM/CFD-DEM modelling of non-spherical particulate systems: theoretical developments and applications

W Zhong, A Yu, X Liu, Z Tong, H Zhang - Powder technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Particles encountered in nature and engineering practice are normally not spherical but of
irregular shapes. Particle shape plays a key role in determining the behaviour of bulk solids …

Discrete element models for non-spherical particle systems: From theoretical developments to applications

G Lu, JR Third, CR Müller - Chemical Engineering Science, 2015 - Elsevier
A fundamental understanding of the underlying physics of granular (particulate) systems is
not only of academic interest, but is also highly relevant for industrial applications …

Multiscale modeling of powder bed–based additive manufacturing

M Markl, C Körner - Annual Review of Materials Research, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Powder bed fusion processes are additive manufacturing technologies that are expected to
induce the third industrial revolution. Components are built up layer by layer in a powder …

Particle-based simulation of powder application in additive manufacturing

EJR Parteli, T Pöschel - Powder Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
The development of reliable strategies to optimize part production in additive manufacturing
technologies hinges, to a large extent, on the quantitative understanding of the mechanical …

Overview of modelling and simulation of metal powder bed fusion process at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

W King, AT Anderson, RM Ferencz… - Materials Science …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The metal laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing process uses high power lasers
to build parts layer upon layer by melting fine metal powders. Qualification of parts produced …

[HTML][HTML] Review on modeling techniques for powder bed fusion processes based on physical principles

B Soundararajan, D Sofia, D Barletta, M Poletto - Additive Manufacturing, 2021 - Elsevier
Powder bed fusion is one of the most common types of additive manufacturing processes
using granular materials. In this field, improvements in the processing of materials and …

Effects of spreader geometry on powder spreading process in powder bed additive manufacturing

L Wang, A Yu, E Li, H Shen, Z Zhou - Powder Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Powder spreading process is to use a spreader such as blade or roller to spread powder
layers for subsequent fusion in powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. In this work, the …

Meso-scale modeling of multiple-layer fabrication process in selective electron beam melting: inter-layer/track voids formation

W Yan, Y Qian, W Ge, S Lin, WK Liu, F Lin, GJ Wagner - Materials & Design, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Selective Electron Beam Melting (SEBM) is a promising powder-based metallic
Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology. However, most powder-scale modeling efforts are …

Uncertainty quantification and management in additive manufacturing: current status, needs, and opportunities

Z Hu, S Mahadevan - The International Journal of Advanced …, 2017 - Springer
One of the major barriers that hinder the realization of significant potential of metal-based
additive manufacturing (AM) techniques is the variation in the quality of the manufactured …