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Finite Element Analysis of Temperature and Density Distributions in Selective Laser Sintering Process

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In the selective laser sintering (SLS) manufacturing technique a pre-heated layer of material powder undergoes a laser radiation in a selective way to produce three dimensional metallic or polymeric solid parts. Here, we consider sintering of polymer powder. The phase transformation in this process involves the material heat transfer which is strongly affected by the material sintering phenomena. A transient three dimensional finite element model is developed to simulate the phase transformation during the selective laser sintering process. This model takes into account the heat transfer in the material (powder and solid), the sintering and the transient nature of this process. The numerical simulation of the set of equations, describing the problem, is made possible by means of the commercial finite element software Abaqus. A bi-level structure integration procedure is chosen, in which the density is integrated at the outer level and the heat equation is integrated in the inner level. After successfully computing the integration of the density, a material Jacobian representing the thermal phenomena is computed and supplemented the Abaqus Code via an implicit user subroutine material. Results for temperature and density distribution, using a polycarbonate powder, are presented and discussed.

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Materials Science Forum (Volume 553)

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75-80

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https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.553.75

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August 2007

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Lin Dong, Ahmed Makradi, Saïd Ahzi, Yves Remond

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Finite Element, Laser Beam, Numerical Simulation, Polycarbonate, Rapid Prototyping (RP), Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)

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