Experimental Study of Thermomechanical Processes: Laser Welding and Melting of a Powder Bed

• Published in: Crystals (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 4; p. 246
• Main Authors: Saadlaoui, Yassine, Sijobert, Julien, Doubenskaia, Maria, Bertrand, Philippe, Feulvarch, Eric, Bergheau, Jean-Michel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.04.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Cameras; Computer simulation; Engineering Sciences; High speed cameras; Infrared cameras; Laser beam welding; laser welding; Lasers; Melting; melting of a powder bed; Metals; molten pool; Morphology; optical diagnostics; Powder beds; Residual stress; residual stresses; Scrap; Simulation; Studies; Temperature distribution; temperature field; Thermomechanical treatment; molten pool; optical diagnostics; laser welding; melting of a powder bed; temperature field; residual stresses
• ISSN: 2073-4352; 2073-4352
• DOI: 10.3390/cryst10040246

In this study, an experimental approach was developed to analyze and better understand the laser welding and melting of a powder bed process. Different optical diagnostics tools (high-speed camera, infrared camera, pyrometer, etc.) were applied to measure different physical quantities (molten pool morphology, temperature field, residual stresses, and distortions). As a result, measurements during the laser welding process facilitated the building of a database of experimental results (experimental benchmarks). The study of the melting of a powder bed enabled a better understanding of the physics related to the formation and behavior of the molten pool. These results can be used by researchers to improve and validate numerical simulations of these processes.