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To discuss the influence of thin-walled blade’s curvature change and accumulating layer number on the temperature field distribution in laser direct metal deposition and obtain a uniform thickness of a thin-walled blade, the temperature field distribution was calculated by numerical simulation. The thin-walled blade’s curvature change and accumulating layer number can be studied, respectively. The effect of accumulating layer number on temperature field distribution was studied by thin wall; the effect of curvature change on temperature distribution was investigated by thin-walled rings with different curvatures. The numerical results show that the molten pool temperature of the thin wall increases with the layer number, and the molten pool temperature of thin-walled ring increases with the its curvature. The rules of laser power changing with the layer number and curvature in the processing of the thin-walled blade can be obtained by simulation when keeping molten pool temperature stable. According to the numerical results, the thin-walled blades were fabricated by experiments. The experimental results show that the laser power should be changed with the layer number and curvature if a uniform thickness of the blade can be obtained, which is in agreement with the numerical simulation.
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Zhu, G., Zhang, A., Li, D. et al. Numerical simulation of thermal behavior during laser direct metal deposition. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 55, 945–954 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-010-3142-0
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