Solidification in metal additive manufacturing: challenges, solutions, and opportunities

S Chandra, J Radhakrishnan, S Huang, S Wei… - Progress in materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
The physics of alloy solidification during additive manufacturing (AM) in methods such as
laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), electron beam powder bed fusion (EPBF), and laser …

Multiscale simulation of powder-bed fusion processing of metallic alloys

SM Elahi, R Tavakoli, AK Boukellal, T Isensee… - Computational Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
We present a computational framework for the simulations of powder-bed fusion of metallic
alloys, which combines:(1) CalPhaD calculations of temperature-dependent alloy properties …

Large-scale phase-field simulations for dendrite growth: A review on current status and future perspective

T Takaki - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The current status of large-scale phase-field (PF) simulations for dendrite growth is reviewed
by focusing on the study conducted by our group. The discussion includes the competitive …

Grain growth competition during melt pool solidification—Comparing phase-field and cellular automaton models

SM Elahi, R Tavakoli, I Romero, D Tourret - Computational Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
A broad range of computational models have been proposed to predict microstructure
development during solidification processing but they have seldom been compared to each …

Isotropic finite-difference approximations for phase-field simulations of polycrystalline alloy solidification

K Ji, AM Tabrizi, A Karma - Journal of Computational Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase-field models of microstructural pattern formation during alloy solidification are
commonly solved numerically using the finite-difference method, which is ideally suited to …

Grain growth competition and formation of grain boundaries during solidification of hcp alloys

AK Boukellal, M Sarebanzadeh, A Orozco-Caballero… - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Grain growth competition during directional solidification of a polycrystal with hexagonal
(hcp) symmetry (Mg-1wt% Gd alloy) is studied by phase-field modeling, exploring the effect …

Interaction between growing dendrite and rising bubble under convection

J Cheng, A Zhang, L Qin, M Yang, J Du, F Liu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Prediction and control of gas porosity defect during solidification is challenging because of
multiphase and multiphysics characteristics. In this work, a multiphase-field lattice …

Evolution of crystallographic orientation and microstructure in the triangular adapter of grain continuator of a 3rd-generation single crystal superalloy casting during …

J **ao, W Jiang, D Han, K Li, Y Lu, L Lou - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The evolution of the crystallographic orientation and the microstructures in triangular
adapters of grain continuators (GCs) with different flare angles and thicknesses prepared by …

Thermodynamic coupling in the computation of dendrite growth kinetics for multicomponent alloys

G Guillemot, O Senninger, CA Hareland, PW Voorhees… - Calphad, 2022 - Elsevier
The growth kinetics of a dendrite tip are of paramount importance for microstructure
modelling in materials science and engineering. However, theories for multicomponent …

Three-dimensional modeling of solidification grain structures generated by laser powder bed fusion

T Camus, D Maisonnette, O Baulin, O Senninger… - Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Grain structures generated by laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) of the Ni-based superalloy
Inconel 718 (IN718) are studied using Cellular Automaton modeling. A hybrid methodology …