Program : Additive Manufacturing (3-D Printing) Technology (AMT)

Degree : PGD

Course Code : AMT 0617

Course Name : Simulation for Additive Manufacturing

Course Category : Compulsory Core Courses

Semester : First Semester

Credit Hours : 3

Introduction to finite element analysis, Overview of the FEA method, pre-processing, solution and post-processing, basic terminology, range of applications; Presentation of CAD model, meshing, symmetry, model development, implementation of force boundary conditions, solution, and post processor analysis, Concepts and applications, Finite element analysis in metal additive manufacturing :Key phenomena and problems, Thermal analysis, Mechanical analysis, Other sophisticated aspects e.g. microstructural modelling, molten pool fluid dynamics, grain growth and phase transformation , Introduction to finite element software ABAQUS, Practice: modelling additive manufacturing of a four-layered small steel wall using ABAQUS