DocumentCode
1769369
Title
Modeling of powder absorption in additive manufacturing
Author
Boley, C.D. ; Khairallah, S.A. ; Rubenchik, A.M.
Author_Institution
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., Lawrence, CA, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We have investigated optical absorption by a powder of metal spheres, via ray-trace calculations. The absorptivity significantly exceeds that for normal incidence, because of multiple scattering. The effect of beam size is also discussed.
Keywords
laser materials processing; powder metallurgy; rapid prototyping (industrial); ray tracing; three-dimensional printing; absorptivity; additive manufacturing; beam size effect; metal spheres; multiple scattering; normal incidence; powder optical absorption; ray-trace calculation; Absorption; Arrays; Laboratories; Laser beams; Metals; Powders; Scattering;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6988295
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