This paper presents a micromechanics-based Cosserat continuum model for microstructured granular materials.By utilizing this model,the macroscopic constitutive parameters of granular materials with different microstru...This paper presents a micromechanics-based Cosserat continuum model for microstructured granular materials.By utilizing this model,the macroscopic constitutive parameters of granular materials with different microstructures are expressed as sums of microstructural information.The microstructures under consideration can be classified into three categories:a medium-dense microstructure,a dense microstructure consisting of one-sized particles,and a dense microstructure consisting of two-sized particles.Subsequently,the Cosserat elastoplastic model,along with its finite element formulation,is derived using the extended Drucker-Prager yield criteria.To investigate failure behaviors,numerical simulations of granular materials with different microstructures are conducted using the ABAQUS User Element(UEL)interface.It demonstrates the capacity of the proposed model to simulate the phenomena of strain-softening and strain localization.The study investigates the influence of microscopic parameters,including contact stiffness parameters and characteristic length,on the failure behaviors of granularmaterials withmicrostructures.Additionally,the study examines themesh independence of the presented model and establishes its relationship with the characteristic length.A comparison is made between finite element simulations and discrete element simulations for a medium-dense microstructure,revealing a good agreement in results during the elastic stage.Somemacroscopic parameters describing plasticity are shown to be partially related to microscopic factors such as confining pressure and size of the representative volume element.展开更多
The particle size ratio(PSR)is an important parameter for binary granular materials,which may aect the microstructure and macro behaviors of granular materials.However,the eect of particle ratio on granular assembli...The particle size ratio(PSR)is an important parameter for binary granular materials,which may aect the microstructure and macro behaviors of granular materials.However,the eect of particle ratio on granular assemblies with dierent arrangements is still unclear.To explore and further clarify the eect of PSR in dierent packing structures,three types of numerical samples with regular,layered,and random packing are designed.Numerical results show that PSR has signicant eects on binary granular samples with regular packing.The larger the PSR,the stronger the strength,the larger the modulus,and the smaller the angle between the shear band and the load direction.And a theoretical solution of the peak stress ratio vs.PSR is obtained for regular packing,and the results by DEM are in good agreement with the theoretical solution.Under layered packing,PSR has little eect on peak stress ratio due to similar microstructure obtained with the changing of PSR.The modulus slightly increased with the increase of PSR.Under random packing with small grain content of 50%,PSR has little eect in the range of 0.5–0.9,but in a larger range,larger PSR leads to greater modulus.展开更多
In order to make up for the shortcomings of homogeneous materials and meet the needs of industry development,heterogeneous materials have been increasingly applied in aviation,automobile,bridge and other fields.Hetero...In order to make up for the shortcomings of homogeneous materials and meet the needs of industry development,heterogeneous materials have been increasingly applied in aviation,automobile,bridge and other fields.Heterogeneous materials refer to advanced materials with non-uniform components.By adjusting the structure or composition of heterogeneous materials,their performance may change in a specific direction to adapt to different environments and achieve special functions.To achieve wide applications of homogeneous materials,it is very important to be able to predict the performance and material response of heterogeneous materials.Modeling method is a basic and important method to accomplish this task.Modeling methods for studying heterogeneous materials include finite element method(FEM),molecular dynamics(MD),peridynamics(PD)and so on.展开更多
In this study,a peridynamic fiber-reinforced concrete model is developed based on the bond-based peridynamic model with rotation effect(BBPDR).The fibers are modelled by a semi-discrete method and distributed with ran...In this study,a peridynamic fiber-reinforced concrete model is developed based on the bond-based peridynamic model with rotation effect(BBPDR).The fibers are modelled by a semi-discrete method and distributed with random locations and angles in the concrete specimen,since the fiber content is low,and its scale is smaller than the concrete matrix.The interactions between fibers and concrete matrix are investigated by the improvement of the bond’s strength and stiffness.Also,the frictional effect between the fibers and the concrete matrix is considered,which is divided into static friction and slip friction.To validate the proposed model,several examples are simulated,including the tensile test and the three-point bending beam test.And the numerical results of the proposed model are compared with the experiments and other numerical models.The comparisons show that the proposed model is capable of simulating the fracture behavior of the fiber-reinforced concrete.After adding the fibers,the tensile strength,bending strength,and toughness of the fiber-reinforced concrete specimens are improved.Besides,the fibers distribution has an impact on the crack path,especially in the three-point bending beam test.展开更多
The peridynamic correspondence model provides a general formulation to incorporate the classical local model and,therefore,helps to solve mechanical problems with discontinuities easily.But it suffers from zero-energy...The peridynamic correspondence model provides a general formulation to incorporate the classical local model and,therefore,helps to solve mechanical problems with discontinuities easily.But it suffers from zero-energy mode instability in numerical implementation due to the approximation of deformation gradient tensor.To suppress zero-energy modes,previous stabilized methods were generally more based on adding a supplemental force state derived from bond-based peridynamic theory,which requires a bond-based peridynamic micro-modulus.In this work,we present an improved stabilized method where the stabilization force state is derived directly from the peridynamic correspondence model.Hence,the bond-based peridynamic micro-modulus is abandoned.This improved method needs no extra constant to control the magnitude of stabilization force state and it is suitable for either isotropic or anisotropic materials.Several examples are presented to demonstrate its performance in simulating crack propagation,and numerical results show its efficiency and effectiveness.展开更多
This study focuses on the propagation of the plane wave in the elastoplastic unsaturated granular media,and the wave equations and dispersion equations are derived for the media under the framework of Cosserat theory....This study focuses on the propagation of the plane wave in the elastoplastic unsaturated granular media,and the wave equations and dispersion equations are derived for the media under the framework of Cosserat theory.Due to symmetry,five different wave modes are considered and predicted for the elastoplastic unsaturated granular media based on the Cosserat theory,including two longitudinal waves,one rotational longitudinal wave and two coupled transverse–rotational transverse waves.The correspondence is discussed between these Cosserat wave modes and the classical wave modes.Based on the dispersion equations,the dispersion behaviors are obtained for the five Cosserat wave modes.The results indicated that the different stress-strain stages,including the elastic,hardening and softening stages,have obvious effect on the dispersion behaviors of the Cosserat wave modes.展开更多
Functional graded cellular structure(FGCS)usually shows superiormechanical behaviorwith lowdensity and high stiffness.With the development of additivemanufacturing,functional graded cellular structure gains its popula...Functional graded cellular structure(FGCS)usually shows superiormechanical behaviorwith lowdensity and high stiffness.With the development of additivemanufacturing,functional graded cellular structure gains its popularity in industries.In this paper,a novel approach for designing functionally graded cellular structure is proposed based on a subdomain parameterized level set method(PLSM)under local volume constraints(LVC).In this method,a subdomain level set function is defined,parameterized and updated on each subdomain independently making the proposed approach much faster and more cost-effective.Additionally,the microstructures on arbitrary two adjacent subdomains can be connected perfectly without any additional constraint.Furthermore,the local volume constraint for each subdomain is applied by virtue of the augmented Lagrange multiplier method.Finally,several numerical examples are given to verify the correctness and effectiveness of the proposed approach in designing the functionally graded cellular structure.From the optimized results,it is also found that the number of local volume constraints has little influence on the convergence speed of the developed approach.展开更多
Common structures in engineering such as slopes,roadbeds,ballasts,etc.,are closely related to granular materials.They are usually subjected to long-term cyclic loads.This study mainly focused on the mechanical behavio...Common structures in engineering such as slopes,roadbeds,ballasts,etc.,are closely related to granular materials.They are usually subjected to long-term cyclic loads.This study mainly focused on the mechanical behaviors of randomly arranged granular materials before they reach a stable state under different cyclic loads.The variation of the maximum axial strain and the influence of CSR(cyclic stress ratio)were analyzed.The energy consumed in each cycle under constant confining stress loading condition is significantly greater than that of the fixed wall loading condition.The internal deformation evolution of granular materials is studied in detail.The deformation mode of granular material under cyclic loading at different positions inside the material is different according to the strain variation.In addition,the strain,force chain structure and contact force magnitude are combined to explore their effects on local deformation of granular materials under cyclic loading.From the perspective of the deformation form,the material sample can be divided into several regions,and the ability to adjust particle positions determines the deformation mode of different regions.The changes of local strain with the cyclic loading also reflect the contribution of particle displacements to the evolution ofmicrostructure.This research will provide insights into the understanding of granular materials behaviors under cyclic loading.展开更多
Gas-solid fluidized beds are widely applied in chemical and process engineering.It is of significance to establish a reasonable and effective mathematical model to explore the hydrodynamics of gas-particle system for ...Gas-solid fluidized beds are widely applied in chemical and process engineering.It is of significance to establish a reasonable and effective mathematical model to explore the hydrodynamics of gas-particle system for industrial applications.As a less computationally demanding alternative to the discrete descriptions,two-fluid model considering kinetic theory of granular flow is often adopted to describe the fluidized behaviors of particles,but it cannot characterize the rotation of particles and its influence on the fluidized behaviors.In this study,to address the rotation effect of the fluidized particles,a two-fluid model combining the classical fluid and micropolar fluid is established,namely CMTFM.In the CMTFM,classical fluid is used to describe the motion of gas phase,while micropolar fluid is adopted to describe the motion of particle phase,and the rotation of particles and its influence on the hydrodynamics of the gas-particle system are characterized by the degree of freedom of microrotation and the improved drag force based on micropolar viscosities.In the calculation of the gas-solid bubbling fluidized bed,we investigated the influence of the microstructure parameters,particle-particle collision restitution coefficient and inlet velocity,and the results are compared to those from TFM model and experiments.Through the analysis,it manifests that pressure drop and expansion height of the fluidized bed under the consideration of the microrotation effect are closer to the experiments,which demonstrates the feasibility and advantage of the classical-micropolar two-fluid model.展开更多
When describing the mechanical behavior of some engineering materials,such as composites,grains,biological materials and cellular solids,the Cosserat continuum theory has more powerful capabilities compared with the c...When describing the mechanical behavior of some engineering materials,such as composites,grains,biological materials and cellular solids,the Cosserat continuum theory has more powerful capabilities compared with the classical Cauchy elasticity since an additional local rotation of point and its counterpart(couple stress)are considered in the Cosserat elasticity to represent the material microscale effects.In this paper,a parameterized level set topology optimization method is developed based on the Cosserat elasticity for the minimum compliance problem of the Cosserat solids.The influence of material characteristic length and Cosserat shear modulus on the optimized structure is investigated in detail.It can be found that the microstructural constants in the Cosserat elasticity have a significant impact on the optimized topology configurations.In addition,the minimum feature size and the geometric complexity of the optimized structure can be controlled implicitly by adjusting the parameters of the characteristic length and Cosserat shear modulus easily.Furthermore,the optimized structure obtained by the developed Cosserat elasticity based parameterized level set method will degenerate to the result by using the classical Cauchy elasticity based parameterized level set method when the Cosserat shear modulus approaches zero.展开更多
Displacement fluctuation is the difference between the real displacement and the affine displacement in deforming granular materials. The discrete element method （DEM） is widely used along with experimental approach...Displacement fluctuation is the difference between the real displacement and the affine displacement in deforming granular materials. The discrete element method （DEM） is widely used along with experimental approaches to investigate whether the displacement fluctuation represents the vortex structure. Current research suggests that the vortex structure is caused by the cooperative motion of particle groups on meso-scales, which results in strain localization in granular materials. In this brief article, we investigate the vortex structure using the finite element method （FEM） based on the Cosserat cor[tinuum model. The numerical example focuses on the relationship between the vortex structure and the shear bands under two conditions： （a） uniform granular materials; （b） granular materials with inclusions. When compared with distributions of the effective strain and the vortex structure, we find that the vortex structure coexists with the strain localization and originates from the stiffness cooperation of different locations in granular materials at the macro level.展开更多
In powder-bed-based additive manufacturing,the quality of the powder bed is closely related to the geometry of the blade used during the powder spreading process.In this study,the spreading process with the vertical b...In powder-bed-based additive manufacturing,the quality of the powder bed is closely related to the geometry of the blade used during the powder spreading process.In this study,the spreading process with the vertical blade,inclined blade,and round blade with different radii was performed by discrete element method to investigate the effects of blade geometry on powder spreading.The results show that at the same spreading parameters,the round blade caused the highest density than inclined blade and vertical blade.Increasing the round blade radius can improve the packing density of the powder bed,but it has little effect on the uniformity.The increase in packing density is related to the transitional smoothness of the blade surface at the entrance of the powder bed.The smoother the shape transition of the blade surface at the powder bed entrance,the powders enter the powder bed more gently,so more powders enter the powder bed,resulting in higher packing density.The results may provide suggestions for improving the laser melting process.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China through Contract/Grant Numbers 12002245,12172263 and 11772237Chongqing Jiaotong University through Contract/Grant Number F1220038.
文摘This paper presents a micromechanics-based Cosserat continuum model for microstructured granular materials.By utilizing this model,the macroscopic constitutive parameters of granular materials with different microstructures are expressed as sums of microstructural information.The microstructures under consideration can be classified into three categories:a medium-dense microstructure,a dense microstructure consisting of one-sized particles,and a dense microstructure consisting of two-sized particles.Subsequently,the Cosserat elastoplastic model,along with its finite element formulation,is derived using the extended Drucker-Prager yield criteria.To investigate failure behaviors,numerical simulations of granular materials with different microstructures are conducted using the ABAQUS User Element(UEL)interface.It demonstrates the capacity of the proposed model to simulate the phenomena of strain-softening and strain localization.The study investigates the influence of microscopic parameters,including contact stiffness parameters and characteristic length,on the failure behaviors of granularmaterials withmicrostructures.Additionally,the study examines themesh independence of the presented model and establishes its relationship with the characteristic length.A comparison is made between finite element simulations and discrete element simulations for a medium-dense microstructure,revealing a good agreement in results during the elastic stage.Somemacroscopic parameters describing plasticity are shown to be partially related to microscopic factors such as confining pressure and size of the representative volume element.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.12172263,11772237).
文摘The particle size ratio(PSR)is an important parameter for binary granular materials,which may aect the microstructure and macro behaviors of granular materials.However,the eect of particle ratio on granular assemblies with dierent arrangements is still unclear.To explore and further clarify the eect of PSR in dierent packing structures,three types of numerical samples with regular,layered,and random packing are designed.Numerical results show that PSR has signicant eects on binary granular samples with regular packing.The larger the PSR,the stronger the strength,the larger the modulus,and the smaller the angle between the shear band and the load direction.And a theoretical solution of the peak stress ratio vs.PSR is obtained for regular packing,and the results by DEM are in good agreement with the theoretical solution.Under layered packing,PSR has little eect on peak stress ratio due to similar microstructure obtained with the changing of PSR.The modulus slightly increased with the increase of PSR.Under random packing with small grain content of 50%,PSR has little eect in the range of 0.5–0.9,but in a larger range,larger PSR leads to greater modulus.
文摘In order to make up for the shortcomings of homogeneous materials and meet the needs of industry development,heterogeneous materials have been increasingly applied in aviation,automobile,bridge and other fields.Heterogeneous materials refer to advanced materials with non-uniform components.By adjusting the structure or composition of heterogeneous materials,their performance may change in a specific direction to adapt to different environments and achieve special functions.To achieve wide applications of homogeneous materials,it is very important to be able to predict the performance and material response of heterogeneous materials.Modeling method is a basic and important method to accomplish this task.Modeling methods for studying heterogeneous materials include finite element method(FEM),molecular dynamics(MD),peridynamics(PD)and so on.
基金The authors are pleased to acknowledge the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China through contract/Grant Nos.11772237,11472196 and 11172216to acknowledge the open funds of the State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment(Dalian University of Technology)through contract/Grant No.GZ19110.
文摘In this study,a peridynamic fiber-reinforced concrete model is developed based on the bond-based peridynamic model with rotation effect(BBPDR).The fibers are modelled by a semi-discrete method and distributed with random locations and angles in the concrete specimen,since the fiber content is low,and its scale is smaller than the concrete matrix.The interactions between fibers and concrete matrix are investigated by the improvement of the bond’s strength and stiffness.Also,the frictional effect between the fibers and the concrete matrix is considered,which is divided into static friction and slip friction.To validate the proposed model,several examples are simulated,including the tensile test and the three-point bending beam test.And the numerical results of the proposed model are compared with the experiments and other numerical models.The comparisons show that the proposed model is capable of simulating the fracture behavior of the fiber-reinforced concrete.After adding the fibers,the tensile strength,bending strength,and toughness of the fiber-reinforced concrete specimens are improved.Besides,the fibers distribution has an impact on the crack path,especially in the three-point bending beam test.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants 11472196,11172216 and 11772237).
文摘The peridynamic correspondence model provides a general formulation to incorporate the classical local model and,therefore,helps to solve mechanical problems with discontinuities easily.But it suffers from zero-energy mode instability in numerical implementation due to the approximation of deformation gradient tensor.To suppress zero-energy modes,previous stabilized methods were generally more based on adding a supplemental force state derived from bond-based peridynamic theory,which requires a bond-based peridynamic micro-modulus.In this work,we present an improved stabilized method where the stabilization force state is derived directly from the peridynamic correspondence model.Hence,the bond-based peridynamic micro-modulus is abandoned.This improved method needs no extra constant to control the magnitude of stabilization force state and it is suitable for either isotropic or anisotropic materials.Several examples are presented to demonstrate its performance in simulating crack propagation,and numerical results show its efficiency and effectiveness.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants 11772237 and 11472196)the open funds of the State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment(Dalian University of Technology)(Grant GZ19110)。
文摘This study focuses on the propagation of the plane wave in the elastoplastic unsaturated granular media,and the wave equations and dispersion equations are derived for the media under the framework of Cosserat theory.Due to symmetry,five different wave modes are considered and predicted for the elastoplastic unsaturated granular media based on the Cosserat theory,including two longitudinal waves,one rotational longitudinal wave and two coupled transverse–rotational transverse waves.The correspondence is discussed between these Cosserat wave modes and the classical wave modes.Based on the dispersion equations,the dispersion behaviors are obtained for the five Cosserat wave modes.The results indicated that the different stress-strain stages,including the elastic,hardening and softening stages,have obvious effect on the dispersion behaviors of the Cosserat wave modes.
基金This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12072242,11772237)the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(Grant No.2020CFB816)the open funds of the State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment(Dalian University of Technology)through contract/Grant No.GZ19110.
文摘Functional graded cellular structure(FGCS)usually shows superiormechanical behaviorwith lowdensity and high stiffness.With the development of additivemanufacturing,functional graded cellular structure gains its popularity in industries.In this paper,a novel approach for designing functionally graded cellular structure is proposed based on a subdomain parameterized level set method(PLSM)under local volume constraints(LVC).In this method,a subdomain level set function is defined,parameterized and updated on each subdomain independently making the proposed approach much faster and more cost-effective.Additionally,the microstructures on arbitrary two adjacent subdomains can be connected perfectly without any additional constraint.Furthermore,the local volume constraint for each subdomain is applied by virtue of the augmented Lagrange multiplier method.Finally,several numerical examples are given to verify the correctness and effectiveness of the proposed approach in designing the functionally graded cellular structure.From the optimized results,it is also found that the number of local volume constraints has little influence on the convergence speed of the developed approach.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11902228,11772237)the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities(No.2682021CX083).
文摘Common structures in engineering such as slopes,roadbeds,ballasts,etc.,are closely related to granular materials.They are usually subjected to long-term cyclic loads.This study mainly focused on the mechanical behaviors of randomly arranged granular materials before they reach a stable state under different cyclic loads.The variation of the maximum axial strain and the influence of CSR(cyclic stress ratio)were analyzed.The energy consumed in each cycle under constant confining stress loading condition is significantly greater than that of the fixed wall loading condition.The internal deformation evolution of granular materials is studied in detail.The deformation mode of granular material under cyclic loading at different positions inside the material is different according to the strain variation.In addition,the strain,force chain structure and contact force magnitude are combined to explore their effects on local deformation of granular materials under cyclic loading.From the perspective of the deformation form,the material sample can be divided into several regions,and the ability to adjust particle positions determines the deformation mode of different regions.The changes of local strain with the cyclic loading also reflect the contribution of particle displacements to the evolution ofmicrostructure.This research will provide insights into the understanding of granular materials behaviors under cyclic loading.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12072242 and 12172263)the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(Grant No.2020CFB816).
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12172263 and 11772237)。
文摘Gas-solid fluidized beds are widely applied in chemical and process engineering.It is of significance to establish a reasonable and effective mathematical model to explore the hydrodynamics of gas-particle system for industrial applications.As a less computationally demanding alternative to the discrete descriptions,two-fluid model considering kinetic theory of granular flow is often adopted to describe the fluidized behaviors of particles,but it cannot characterize the rotation of particles and its influence on the fluidized behaviors.In this study,to address the rotation effect of the fluidized particles,a two-fluid model combining the classical fluid and micropolar fluid is established,namely CMTFM.In the CMTFM,classical fluid is used to describe the motion of gas phase,while micropolar fluid is adopted to describe the motion of particle phase,and the rotation of particles and its influence on the hydrodynamics of the gas-particle system are characterized by the degree of freedom of microrotation and the improved drag force based on micropolar viscosities.In the calculation of the gas-solid bubbling fluidized bed,we investigated the influence of the microstructure parameters,particle-particle collision restitution coefficient and inlet velocity,and the results are compared to those from TFM model and experiments.Through the analysis,it manifests that pressure drop and expansion height of the fluidized bed under the consideration of the microrotation effect are closer to the experiments,which demonstrates the feasibility and advantage of the classical-micropolar two-fluid model.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants 12072242,11772237,and 11472196)the Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation(Grant 2020CFB816)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant 2042018kf0016).
文摘When describing the mechanical behavior of some engineering materials,such as composites,grains,biological materials and cellular solids,the Cosserat continuum theory has more powerful capabilities compared with the classical Cauchy elasticity since an additional local rotation of point and its counterpart(couple stress)are considered in the Cosserat elasticity to represent the material microscale effects.In this paper,a parameterized level set topology optimization method is developed based on the Cosserat elasticity for the minimum compliance problem of the Cosserat solids.The influence of material characteristic length and Cosserat shear modulus on the optimized structure is investigated in detail.It can be found that the microstructural constants in the Cosserat elasticity have a significant impact on the optimized topology configurations.In addition,the minimum feature size and the geometric complexity of the optimized structure can be controlled implicitly by adjusting the parameters of the characteristic length and Cosserat shear modulus easily.Furthermore,the optimized structure obtained by the developed Cosserat elasticity based parameterized level set method will degenerate to the result by using the classical Cauchy elasticity based parameterized level set method when the Cosserat shear modulus approaches zero.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11172216 and 11472196)the Natural Key Basic Research and Development Program of China(973 Program)(Nos.2010CB731502 and 2010CB732005)
文摘Displacement fluctuation is the difference between the real displacement and the affine displacement in deforming granular materials. The discrete element method （DEM） is widely used along with experimental approaches to investigate whether the displacement fluctuation represents the vortex structure. Current research suggests that the vortex structure is caused by the cooperative motion of particle groups on meso-scales, which results in strain localization in granular materials. In this brief article, we investigate the vortex structure using the finite element method （FEM） based on the Cosserat cor[tinuum model. The numerical example focuses on the relationship between the vortex structure and the shear bands under two conditions： （a） uniform granular materials; （b） granular materials with inclusions. When compared with distributions of the effective strain and the vortex structure, we find that the vortex structure coexists with the strain localization and originates from the stiffness cooperation of different locations in granular materials at the macro level.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant numbers 12172263,11772237).
文摘In powder-bed-based additive manufacturing,the quality of the powder bed is closely related to the geometry of the blade used during the powder spreading process.In this study,the spreading process with the vertical blade,inclined blade,and round blade with different radii was performed by discrete element method to investigate the effects of blade geometry on powder spreading.The results show that at the same spreading parameters,the round blade caused the highest density than inclined blade and vertical blade.Increasing the round blade radius can improve the packing density of the powder bed,but it has little effect on the uniformity.The increase in packing density is related to the transitional smoothness of the blade surface at the entrance of the powder bed.The smoother the shape transition of the blade surface at the powder bed entrance,the powders enter the powder bed more gently,so more powders enter the powder bed,resulting in higher packing density.The results may provide suggestions for improving the laser melting process.
