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Modelling of laser beam absorption in powder-based sintering processes
Nijkamp, A.H. (2022) Modelling of laser beam absorption in powder-based sintering processes.
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Abstract: | In this work, a ray tracing model has been introduced which simulates the light absorption in 2D and 3D particle beds. A finite number of rays, representing a laser beam, propagate into a particle bed, causing the particles to absorb the light and increase in temperature. A simplification has been proposed which replaces these ray tracing simulations, making it a computationally friendly method of computing the absorption while being able to change several variables. These simplifications have been done for a particle doublet and a particle bed in the form of a set of equations, and the use of a semi-random walk was investigated. The equations can subsequently be used in simulations of powder bed sintering. |
Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
Faculty: | ET: Engineering Technology |
Subject: | 52 mechanical engineering |
Programme: | Mechanical Engineering MSc (60439) |
Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/93665 |
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