Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 13, Issue 4, 299(2017)
Numerical simulation and experimental investigation of Ti-6Al-4V melted by CW fiber laser at different pressures
The interaction of continuous wave (CW) fiber laser with Ti-6Al-4V alloy is investigated numerically and experimentally at different laser fluence values and ambient pressures of N24Pa) in several milliseconds with the same laser fluence. The experimental results demonstrate that the melting time threshold at high laser fluence (above 1.89×108W/m2) is shorter for lower pressure (vacuum), which is consistent with the simulation. While the melting time threshold at low laser fluence (below 1.89×108W/m2) is shorter for higher pressure. The possible aspects which can affect the melting process include the increased heat loss induced by the heat conduction between the metal surface and the ambient gas with the increased pressure, and the absorption variation of the coarse surface resulted from the chemical reaction.
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Aasma Tabassum, ZHOU Jie, HAN Bing, NI Xiao-wu, Maryam Sardar. Numerical simulation and experimental investigation of Ti-6Al-4V melted by CW fiber laser at different pressures[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2017, 13(4): 299
Received: Mar. 17, 2017
Accepted: Apr. 20, 2017
Published Online: Sep. 13, 2018
The Author Email: Bing HAN (hanbing@njust.edu.cn)