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Thermo-Mechanical Finite Element Modeling of the Laser Treatment of Titanium Cold-Sprayed Coatings

Felice Rubino    
Antonello Astarita and Pierpaolo Carlone    

Resumen

This paper implements a thermo-mechanical model to simulate the laser treatment effects on a cold-sprayed titanium coating and aluminum substrate. The thermo-mechanical finite element model considers the transient temperature field due to the laser source and applied boundary conditions, using them as input loads for the subsequent stress-strain analysis. Numerical outcomes highlighted the relevance of thermal gradients and the presence of thermally-induced stress-strain fields responsible for promoting damage in the coating.