Yuxuan Wu, Sirish Namilae*
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.142, No.2, pp. 2067-2090, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2024.059091
- 27 January 2025
Abstract Powder bed fusion (PBF) in metallic additive manufacturing offers the ability to produce intricate geometries, high-strength components, and reliable products. However, powder processing before energy-based binding significantly impacts the final product’s integrity. Processing maps guide efficient process design to minimize defects, but creating them through experimentation alone is challenging due to the wide range of parameters, necessitating a comprehensive computational parametric analysis. In this study, we used the discrete element method to parametrically analyze the powder processing design space in PBF of stainless steel 316L powders. Uniform lattice parameter sweeps are often used for parametric… More >