This article proposes a novel high-performance computing approach for the prediction of the
temperature field in powder bed fusion (PBF) additive manufacturing (AM) processes. In
contrast to many existing approaches to part-scale simulations, the underlying
computational model consistently resolves physical scan tracks without additional heat
source scaling, agglomeration strategies or any other heuristic modeling assumptions. A
growing, adaptively refined mesh accurately captures all details of the laser beam motion …

This article proposes a novel high-performance computing approach for the prediction of the
temperature field in powder bed fusion (PBF) additive manufacturing processes. In contrast
to many existing approaches to part-scale simulations, the underlying computational model
consistently resolves physical scan tracks without additional heat source scaling,
agglomeration strategies or any other heuristic modeling assumptions. A growing,
adaptively refined mesh accurately captures all details of the laser beam motion. Critically …