Is AdditiveFOAM the right tool for simulating stress and distortion in an entire part?

[GBenFranz]

Hello,
I am currently performing DED simulations with ANSYS additive suite, but I am looking for an open source alternative.
As I understand from the publication "AdditiveFOAM: A Continuum Multiphysics Code for Additive Manufacturing", AdditiveFOAM focuses on melt pool properties on a meso-scale. However, I would like to know if AdditiceFOAM can be considered a suitable tool for the simulation of a laser printing process of an entire part, investigating stress and distortion, or if I should directly look into another tool, e.g. Adamantine.

I am used to the usage of OpenFOAM since I worked with it during my PhD, so I would rather prefer using an OpenFOAM based tool like AdditiveFOAM over digging into Adamantine from scratch. But if you say that AdditiveFOAM is not the right tool for my application, I can just jump to Adamantine directly.

Thanks in advance,
Ben

[colemanjs]

@GBenFranz - If you are primarily interested in part-scale simulations with thermomecihanics, then I would highly recommend Adamantine. We have an developmental branch of AdditiveFOAM that is optimized for part-scale simulations (https://github.com/colemanjs/AdditiveFOAM/tree/part-scale-additivefoam), but it is not actively supported, and does not solve for stress and distortion.

If you are interested in getting started with Adamantine, I would recommend reaching out to my colleague Bruno Turcksin (@Rombur). ORNL hosts an onsite workshop in the summer for learning how to use these tools. Let me know if you would be interested, and we can add you to the mailing list.