Research Article

Cellular Scanning Strategy for Selective Laser Melting: Capturing Thermal Trends with a Low-Fidelity, Pseudo-Analytical Model

Figure 17

Cellular scanning strategy obtained from optimization simulations with respect to (a), thermal homogeneity (b), and total consolidated area (c) (IS = in-spiral, OS = out-spiral, AP- = antiparallel, P = parallel, PI = parallel interlaced, and PIR = parallel interlaced reverse).
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