Author Affiliations
1Institute of Laser Advanced Manufacturing, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310023, China2Zhejiang Provincial Collaboration Innovation Center of High-End Laser Manufacturing Equipment, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310023, China3School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310023, China4Laser Technology Research Institute, National Technical University of Ukraine, Kiev 0 3056, Ukraineshow less
Fig. 1. Boundary condition and grid of laser cladding
Fig. 2. Computational domain evolution model
Fig. 3. Temperature distribution cloud diagram at different time. (a) t=0.1 s; (b) t=0.2 s; (c) t=0.3 s; (d) t=0.4 s; (e) t=1.2 s; (f) t=2.0 s
Fig. 4. Volume fraction of solid phase and flow field at different time. (a) t=0.4 s; (b) t=1.2 s; (c) t=2.0 s
Fig. 5. Chromium concentration distribution at different time. (a) t=0.4 s; (b) t=1.2 s; (c) t=2.0 s
Fig. 6. Comparison between experiment and simulation. (a) Magnified image of area containing selected points in x direction; (b) metallographic image of cladding layer; (c) magnified image of area containing selected points in y direction; (d) simulation of chromium element distribution
Fig. 7. Comparison between experimental and simulation concentration in y direction
Fig. 8. Comparison between experimental and simulation concentration in x direction
Fig. 9. Orthogonal simulation results of average concentration of chromium in laser cladding layer
Fig. 10. Chromium element distribution cloud diagram
Fig. 11. Comparison of chromium element uniformity at different process parameters
Fig. 12. Simulation results at 1.2 s. (a) Temperature field; (b) volume fraction of solid phase and flow field; (c) chromium element distribution and flow field
Fig. 13. Flow diagram of molten pool at 1.2 s
Material | Mass fraction of element /% |
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C | Si | Mn | Cr | Ni | Mo | Fe |
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45 steel | 0.45 | 0.2 | 0.6 | - | - | - | Bal. | 316L stainless steel | 0.02 | 0.55 | 1.55 | 16.0 | 10.0 | 2.08 | Bal. |
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Table 1. Chemical composition of 45 steel and 316L stainless steel
Parameter | Content |
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Initial mass fraction of chromium c0 /% | 16.0 | Melting point Tf /K | 1815.15 | Density ρ /(kg·m-3) | 8000 | Specific heat cp /(J·kg-1·K-1) | 500 | Thermal conductivity of liquidkl /(W·m-1·K-1) | 209.2 | Thermal conductivity of solidks /(W·m-1·K-1) | 19.2 | Latent heat Δhf /(J·kg-1) | 250000 | Viscosity μl /(Pa·s) | 0.0042 | Liquidus slope m /(K·%-1) | -80.45 |
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Table 2. Material property parameters used in calculation
Level | Factor |
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P /W | v /(mm·s-1) | R /(g·min-1) |
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1 | 1200 | 4 | 6.8 | 2 | 1300 | 6 | 10.0 | 3 | 1400 | 8 | 13.9 | 4 | 1500 | 10 | 17.5 |
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Table 3. Factor level design table
No. | P /W | v /(mm·s-1) | R /(g·min-1) | cave /% |
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1 | 1200 | 4 | 6.8 | 5.65 | 2 | 1200 | 6 | 10.0 | 6.99 | 3 | 1200 | 8 | 13.9 | 9.29 | 4 | 1200 | 10 | 17.5 | 10.31 | 5 | 1300 | 4 | 10.0 | 8.41 | 6 | 1300 | 6 | 6.8 | 5.59 | 7 | 1300 | 8 | 17.5 | 11.30 | 8 | 1300 | 10 | 13.9 | 8.25 | 9 | 1400 | 4 | 13.9 | 9.33 | 10 | 1400 | 6 | 17.5 | 10.74 | 11 | 1400 | 8 | 6.8 | 3.93 | 12 | 1400 | 10 | 10.0 | 7.33 | 13 | 1500 | 4 | 17.5 | 7.07 | 14 | 1500 | 6 | 13.9 | 8.80 | 15 | 1500 | 8 | 10.0 | 5.25 | 16 | 1500 | 10 | 6.8 | 4.00 |
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Table 4. Orthogonal simulation results
Level | Factor |
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P /W | v /(mm·s-1) | R /(g·min-1) |
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k1 | 8.06 | 7.62 | 4.79 | k2 | 8.39 | 8.03 | 7.00 | k3 | 7.8 | 7.44 | 8.92 | k4 | 6.3 | 7.47 | 9.86 | R | 2.11 | 0.59 | 5.06 |
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Table 5. Range analysis