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Simulation of powder bed metal additive manufacturing microstructures with coupled finite difference-Monte Carlo method

Additive Manufacturing

Rodgers, Theron R.; Abdeljawad, Fadi; Moser, Daniel M.; Laros, James H.; Carroll, Jay D.; Jared, Bradley H.; Bolintineanu, Dan S.; Mitchell, John A.; Madison, Jonathan D.

Grain-scale microstructure evolution during additive manufacturing is a complex physical process. As with traditional solidification methods of material processing (e.g. casting and welding), microstructural properties are highly dependent on the solidification conditions involved. Additive manufacturing processes however, incorporate additional complexity such as remelting, and solid-state evolution caused by subsequent heat source passes and by holding the entire build at moderately high temperatures during a build. We present a three-dimensional model that simulates both solidification and solid-state evolution phenomena using stochastic Monte Carlo and Potts Monte Carlo methods. The model also incorporates a finite-difference based thermal conduction solver to create a fully integrated microstructural prediction tool. The three modeling methods and their coupling are described and demonstrated for a model study of laser powder-bed fusion of 300-series stainless steel. The investigation demonstrates a novel correlation between the mean number of remelting cycles experienced during a build, and the resulting columnar grain sizes.

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TYPE Journal Article YEAR 2021
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The Principal Hugoniot of Iron-Bearing Olivine to 1465 GPa

Geophysical Research Letters

Chidester, B.A.; Millot, M.; Townsend, Joshua P.; Spaulding, D.K.; Davies, E.J.; Root, Seth R.; Laros, James H.; Fratanduono, D.E.; Jacobsen, S.B.; Stewart, S.T.

Shock compression experiments on natural compositions are imperative to accurately model planetary accretion and the interior dynamics of planets. Combining shock compression experiments from the Sandia Z Machine and the OMEGA EP laser facility with density functional theory-based molecular dynamics calculations, we report the first pressure-density-temperature (P-ρ-T) relationship of natural iron (Fe)-bearing olivine ((Mg0.91Fe0.09)2SiO4) on the principal Hugoniot between 166 and 1,465 GPa. Additionally, we report the first reflectivities of natural olivine liquid in this pressure range. Compared to the magnesium-endmember forsterite (Mg2SiO4), the presence of Fe in typical mantle abundance (∼9 wt% FeO) alters the US-uP relation of olivine. On the other hand, the shock temperature and reflectivity of olivine are indistinguishable from forsterite where experimental conditions overlap. Both forsterite and olivine increase in reflectivity (and hence optical conductivity) with increasing temperature, with a maximum reflectivity of ∼31% at shock velocities greater than 22 km/s (∼800 GPa).

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TYPE Journal Article YEAR 2021
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Light transport with weak angular dependence in fog

Optics Express

Bentz, Brian Z.; Redman, Brian J.; Laros, James H.; Westlake, Karl W.; Glen, Andrew G.; Sanchez, A.L.; Wright, Jeremy B.

Random scattering and absorption of light by tiny particles in aerosols, like fog, reduce situational awareness and cause unacceptable down-time for critical systems or operations. Computationally efficient light transport models are desired for computational imaging to improve remote sensing capabilities in degraded optical environments. To this end, we have developed a model based on a weak angular dependence approximation to the Boltzmann or radiative transfer equation that appears to be applicable in both the moderate and highly scattering regimes, thereby covering the applicability domain of both the small angle and diffusion approximations. An analytic solution was derived and validated using experimental data acquired at the Sandia National Laboratory Fog Chamber facility. The evolution of the fog particle density and size distribution were measured and used to determine macroscopic absorption and scattering properties using Mie theory. A three-band (0.532, 1.55, and 9.68 μm) transmissometer with lock-in amplifiers enabled changes in fog density of over an order of magnitude to be measured due to the increased transmission at higher wavelengths, covering both the moderate and highly scattering regimes. The meteorological optical range parameter is shown to be about 0.6 times the transport mean free path length, suggesting an improved physical interpretation of this parameter.

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TYPE Journal Article YEAR 2021
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