Erik
Haapa
Project Researcher, Mechanical Engineering
Doctoral Researcher, Mechanical Engineering
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Areas of expertise
Additive manufacturing
powder bed fusion
PBF-LB/M
discrete element modeling
DEM
powder bed simulation
particle behavior
powder characterization
computational fluid dynamics
CFD
Flow-3D
Biography
B.A.Sc in energy technology
M.Sc in materials engineering
Current role: project researcher; computed fluid dynamics and discrete element method simulation of powder particle behavior and laser-material interaction in PBF-LB/M
Teaching
Lecturing/lab work/assistant teacher in courses "3D printing and additive manufacturing" and "Advanced additive manufacturing", "Teolliset valmistusmenetelmät".
Research
Researching simulation of PBF-LB/M; from powder particle behavior and the powder bed layering to the laser-material interaction. The work includes development of validation models, powder particle characterization for parametrization, and development of discrete element simulation models and CFD simulation models.
Publications
Validation of powder layering simulation via packing density measurement for laser-based powder bed fusion (2023)
Nordic Laser Materials Processing Conference, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))