Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 49, Issue 8, 0802008(2022)

Numerical Simulation of Micro-pit Morphology of Titanium Alloy Ablated by Nanosecond Laser

Yifei Wang1, Zhou Yu2, Kangmei Li1,3,4, and Jun Hu2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Mechanical Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
  • 2Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
  • 3Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for High Performance Fiber composites, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
  • 4State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment & Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
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    Conclusions

    This study employed a level set method to establish a two-dimensional finite element model of nanosecond laser to simulate the forming process of titanium alloy micro-pit structure covering heat transfer, fluid flow, surface tension, and Marangoni effect. In a single pulse period, the Marangoni effect caused by the surface tension gradient significantly affects the formation of the crater structure during melting, vaporization, liquid phase migration, and solidification of the material. The formation of sputtered droplets arises from the combined effect of recoil pressure, surface tension, and thermal capillary force on liquid phase migration and sputtering. In the multipulse period, the differential surface tension of the ablation edge in the horizontal and vertical directions causes the height of the crater to increase significantly with the number of ablation; however, the width of the crater does not change significantly. Because the influence of plasma shielding on the incident laser was not considered in the model, it was only suitable for predicting the geometric size of the micro-pits when the number of ablation was less than 15 times.

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    Yifei Wang, Zhou Yu, Kangmei Li, Jun Hu. Numerical Simulation of Micro-pit Morphology of Titanium Alloy Ablated by Nanosecond Laser[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(8): 0802008

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    Paper Information

    Category: laser manufacturing

    Received: Jul. 28, 2021

    Accepted: Sep. 30, 2021

    Published Online: Mar. 25, 2022

    The Author Email: Jun Hu (hjmorning@hotmail.com)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202249.0802008

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