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Thermodynamics of Molten Pool Predicted by Computational Fluid Dynamics in Selective Laser Melting of Ti6Al4V: Surface Morphology Evolution and Densification Behavior

Donghua Dai^1,2, Dongdong Gu^1,2,*, Qing Ge^1,2, Chenglong Ma^1,2, Xinyu Shi^1,2, Han Zhang^1,2

1 College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China
2 Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Laser Additive Manufacturing of High-Performance Metallic Components, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China

* Corresponding Author: Dongdong Gu. Email: