1 INTRODUCTION TO ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING1.1 Manufacturing Techniques1.2 What is Additive Manufacturing (AM)?1.3 Laser-based Additive Manufacturing (LAM)?1.4 Advantages of AM over Conventional Manufacturing1.5 Current Challenges Associated with AM1.6 Importance of Computational Modeling in AM1.7 References2 COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE2.1 Introduction to Computational Materials Science2.2 Length- and Time-Scale in Materials Modeling2.3 Current State of Computational Modeling in LAM2.4 References3 LASER-MATERIAL INTERACTION IN LAM3.1 Conversion of Light Energy to Heat3.2 Modes of Heat Dissipation3.3 Dynamics of the Melt-Pool3.4 References4 MICROSTRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL ASPECTS IN LAM INTEGRATED WITH MODELING4.1 Solidification4.2 Microstructural Variation and its Prediction4.3 Effects of Laser Parameters4.4 Scanning Strategy and Texture Evolution in the Microstructure4.5 Mechanical Properties5 RESIDUAL STRESSES AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DEFECTS IN LAM5.1 Design of Precursors in LAM5.2 Thermal Stress Modeling5.3 Optimum Laser Parameters and Scanning Strategy Prediction by Modeling5.4 References6 SURFACE PHYSICAL TEXTURE IN LAM6.1 Effect of Melt-Pool Dynamics on Surface Texture6.2 Surface Physical Texture Variation in LAM6.3 References
Narendra B. Dahotre is Regents Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of North Texas, USA. Prior to his current position, he held joint faculty appointments with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. He has been recognized for the pioneering contributions to fundamental understanding and engineering of laser materials interactions along with implementation of high-power lasers in materials processing and advanced manufacturing with primary emphasis on surface engineering, additive manufacturing, and machining.Mangesh V. Pantawane is Research Assistant in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of North Texas, USA. He has been conducting research on the fundamental understanding of laser-material interactions for physical phenomena involved behind morphological, microstructural and chemical transitions in materials under non- or near-non-equilibrium thermodynamic and kinetic conditions, with a focus on the development of computational models of these transitions.