Molten Pool Dynamics

A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Welding and Joining".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 291

Special Issue Editor

State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing Technology for Vehicle, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
Interests: laser welding process; process monitoring and control; laser additive manufacturing; ultrashort pulse laser joining technology
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Dear Colleagues,

The molten pool is an important feature in the hot working and forming process of metal materials, and its dynamic behavior is closely related to the processing quality. Especially in welding, additive manufacturing, and casting processes, the fluidity and metallurgical behavior of the molten pool directly determine the microstructure characteristics, grain morphology, composition distribution, and defects of the metal parts, ultimately affecting the mechanical properties of parts.

This Special Issue aims to collect the most recent research on innovative and pioneering works in welding, additive manufacturing, and casting that cover several aspects such as the mechanism of molten pool formation, numerical simulation of molten pool dynamics, molten pool monitoring and control, the solidification and crystallization of the molten pool, composition distribution, and defects.

Dr. Cong Chen
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • molten pool dynamics
  • welding
  • additive manufacturing
  • casting
  • monitoring
  • numerical simulation
  • solidification
  • crystallization
  • composition distribution
  • defects

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