DOE based three‐dimensional finite element analysis for predicting density of a laser‐sintered part

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the transient three‐dimensional temperature distribution for a laser sintered duraform fine polyamide part by a moving Gaussian laser beam. The primary objective of the present paper is to develop computationally efficient numerical simulation technique with the commercially available finite element software domain for the accurate prediction of the temperature history and heat‐affected zones of the laser sintered parts so as to finally obtain the density of the sintered sample.Design/methodology/approach – The paper proposes a mathematical model of scanning by moving laser beam and sintering sub‐model. Based on the mathematical models, a simulation model was developed by using author written subroutines in ANSYS® 11.0, a general purpose finite element software. The simulation model was then run at experimental designed points using two‐level factorial design of experiments (DOE) approach. The data thus generated were used to predict the equation for t...

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