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Table 5 Overview of the numerical settings and the mechanical assumptions for the reference and efficient case

From: Thermo-mechanical simulations of powder bed fusion processes: accuracy and efficiency

  

Reference

Efficient

Numerical setting

Time step size

\(\tau =0.5\)

\(\tau =0.5\)

Max refinement level

Poly degree mech elements

\(p= 2\)

\(p= 1\)

Modeling assumption

Geometrical setting

nonlinear

linear

Powder domain mechanical

\(4.8\,\hbox {mm} \times 4.8\,\hbox {mm}\)

\(4.8\,\hbox {mm} \times 4.8\,\hbox {mm}\)

Scaling factor Young’s modulus

  1. The thermal parameters are the same for both settings