A numerical study on the packing quality of fibre/polymer composite powder for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing

• Main Authors: Tan, Pengfei, Shen, Fei, Tey, Wei Shian, Zhou, Kun
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Additive Manufacturing; Discrete Element Method
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171607
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A discrete element model has been developed to simulate the packing process of fibre/polymer composite powder for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. The geometric shapes of polymer powder particles and fibres are represented by multi-sphere particles and individual cylinders with round ends,...