Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 49, Issue 8, 0802006(2022)

Finite Element Simulation of Temperature Field During SEBM Process of Pure Tungsten

Jing Jiang1, Ning An2, Guangyu Yang3, Jian Wang3, Huiping Tang3, and Meie Li1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, China
  • 2School of Aeorspace, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Porous Metal Materials, Northwest Institute of Nonferrous Metal Research, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710016, China
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    Thermo-physical parameters of pure tungsten varying with temperature. (a) Thermal conductivity of bulk tungsten[22] and tungsten powder(porosity is about 40%) varying with temperature; (b) density of bulk tungsten[22] and tungsten powder (porosity is about 40%) varying with temperature; (c) specific heat of tungsten[22] varying with temperature
    Flow chart of temperature field in SEBM numerical simulation
    Computational model for analytical solution verification
    Comparison of numerical solution and analytical solution. (a) Temperature distributions along the scanning direction when time is 10 ms; (b) thermal cycle curves at coordinate point (5,0,0)
    Influence of scanning rate on molten pool and temperature field. (a) Molten pool shapes and sizes at four scanning rates; (b) thermal cycle curves at different scanning rates; (c) sizes of molten pool varying with scanning rates
    Influence of electron beam radius on molten pool and temperature field. (a) Thermal cycle curves at different radii; (b) sizes of molten pool varying with beam radii
    Influence of heat source power on molten pool and temperature field. (a) Thermal cycle curves at different powers; (b) sizes of molten pool varying with heat source powers
    Two-layer multi-track scanning computational model
    Temperature field and molten pool when the electron beam scans to different positions (The enlarged molten pool is in the upper right corner; the dotted line is the scanning center line). (a)(c) Midpoint of the first track, the sixth track and the eleventh track of the first layer; (d)(f) midpoint of the first track, the sixth track and the eleventh track of the second layer
    Thermal cycle curves at the midpoint of each track for the two-layer multi-track scanning. (a) Thermal cycle curves of the midpoint of each track in the first layer; (b) thermal cycle curves of the midpoint of each track in the second layer
    Comparison between the simulated upper surface molten pool evolution and experimental scanning line morphology of pure tungsten samples formed by SEBM. (a) Scanning line morphology of the upper surface of tungsten samples; (b) simulation of the evolution of molten pools on the upper surface
    Two-layer molten pool profile crossing the plane A-A in Fig.8
    Molten pool sizes at the midpoint of each track for two layers varying with the number of scanning tracks
    • Table 1. Process parameter used in the computation of temperature field

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      Table 1. Process parameter used in the computation of temperature field

      ParameterValue
      Scanning speed v /(mm·s-1)300, 500, 1000, 1500
      Beam radius R /mm0.2, 0.25, 0.3
      Heat source power P /W540, 600, 660, 720
      Preheat temperature Tp /K1123.15
      Vacuum chamber temperature T0 /K1123.15
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    Jing Jiang, Ning An, Guangyu Yang, Jian Wang, Huiping Tang, Meie Li. Finite Element Simulation of Temperature Field During SEBM Process of Pure Tungsten[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(8): 0802006

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    Paper Information

    Category: laser manufacturing

    Received: Aug. 18, 2021

    Accepted: Sep. 22, 2021

    Published Online: Mar. 25, 2022

    The Author Email: Meie Li (limeie@xjtu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202249.0802006

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