NUMERICAL MODELING OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER IN LASER SURFACE ALLOYING: NON-EQUILIBRIUM SOLIDIFICATION EFFECTS

Abstract

A transient macroscopic model is developed for studying heat and mass transfer in a single-pass laser surface alloying process, with particular emphasis on non-equilibrium solidification considerations. The solution for species concentration distribution requires suitable treatment of non-equilibrium mass transfer conditions. In this context, microscopic features pertaining to non-equilibrium effects on account of solutal undercooling are incorporated through the formulation of a modified partition-coefficient. The effective partition-coefficient is numerically modeled by means of a number of macroscopically observable parameters related to the solidifying domain. The numerical model is so developed that the modifications on account of non-equilibrium solidification considerations can be conveniently implemented in existing numerical codes based on equilibrium solidification considerations.

Keywords:

• Modeling
• Laser
• Surface alloying
• Single-pass
• Non-equilibrium
• Solutal undercooling
• Solidification
• Heat and mass transfer

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