Temperature and stress fields of multi-track laser cladding

Based on genetic algorithm and neural network algorithm, the finite element analyses on the temperature fields and stress fields of multi-track laser cladding were carried out by using the ANSYS software. The results show that, in the multi-track cladding process, the temperature field ellipse leans to the cladding formed, and the front cladding has preheating function on the following cladding. During cladding, the longitudinal stress is the largest, the lateral stress is the second, and the thickness direction stress is the smallest. The center of the cladding is in the tensile stress condition. The longitudinal tensile stress is higher than the lateral or thickness direction stress by several times, and the tensile stress achieves the maximum at the area of joint between the cladding and substrate. Therefore, it is inferred that transversal crack is the most main crack form in multi-track laser cladding. Moreover, the joint between cladding and substrate is the crack sensitive area, and this is consistent with the actual experiments.