PSI - Issue 56

Balichakra Mallikarjuna et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 56 (2024) 184–189 Mallikarjuna / Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2019) 000 – 000

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Fig. 1. Simulation scheme used for thermal and structural analysis of plate in ANSYS software

Table 1. Process parameters considered

Process parameter

Value

Layer height, Length of layer (mm) No. of tracks, Width of each track (mm) 6, 0.5 mm Laser beam diameter and Overlap percentage (mm) 0.5 mm, 0% Laser power (W) 250, 300, 350 Travel speed (mm/s) 10, 15, 20 Scanning pattern Bidirectional

0.25 mm, 20 mm

3. Results and discussions 3.1 Effect of laser power and travel speed on melt pool dimensions