Unravelling the meso-scale process behaviour during laser powder bed fusion of metals by combining novel numerical simulation strategies with process monitoring KU Leuven
Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) is a widely used Additive Manufacturing (AM) technique for processing various types of metals by selectively scanning metal powder particles in a layer-by-layer fashion. Due to the complex and multi-physical nature of this process, the threefold relation between processing parameters, laser-powder interaction, and resulting melt pool behaviour is at present not fully understood. This PhD research aims to address ...