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Numerical simulation study of ultraviolet nanosecond laser ablation of Cu-Al2O3 dispersion strengthened alloys

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A finite element model of nanosecond laser interaction with the Cu-Al2O3 dispersion strengthened alloys has been established according to the underlying mechanism of melting flow, phase transition, and evaporation removal of material. Attempting to replicate the multi-field coupling effects in laser ablation process, this model takes both the thermophysical properties of materials varied with the temperature, and the evolution of erosion morphology under the instantaneous high-temperature action of pulsed laser into consideration. Moreover, the influence of coaction of diverse forces (including recoil pressure, surface tension, and Marangoni force), the phase transformation, and the melting flow of material on the laser processing were also integrated into the model. On the basis of the proposed model, a FEM simulation study on the distribution of temperature field, formation process of erosion morphology, and numerical prediction of ablation depth in laser processing was performed. The deviation of the predicted values of ablation depth from the experimental results under the same power condition as the simulations can be controlled within 13%, indicating that the proposed simulation model can be adopted to effectively predict the width of heat affected zone (HAZ) and the width of recast layer under specific processing parameters.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52075128); Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Heilongjiang Province, China (No. YQ2020E013); and Opening Project of the Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing and Intelligent Technology (Ministry of Education), Harbin University of Science and Technology.

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  1. School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, Heilongjiang, China

    Yu Wang, Chunya Wu, Zhiyuan Ma, Hui Li, Xueqiang Wu, Chang Liu, Xiguang Li & Mingjun Chen

  2. State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, Heilongjiang, China

    Chunya Wu & Mingjun Chen

  3. Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing and Intelligent Technology (Ministry of Education), Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, 150080, Heilongjiang, China

    Chunya Wu

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YW and ZM are graduate students. They performed the experimental and simulation work under supervision of Prof. CW and Prof. MC. HL, XW, CL, and XL helped to provide data support and typesetting optimization. All authors have equally contributed the manuscript.

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Wang, Y., Wu, C., Ma, Z. et al. Numerical simulation study of ultraviolet nanosecond laser ablation of Cu-Al2O3 dispersion strengthened alloys. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 129, 2153–2169 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-12455-1

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