{"id":166758,"date":"2023-04-05T14:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T14:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:32:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:32:08","slug":"additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print\/","title":{"rendered":"Additive Print: How is heat transfer to the surrounding powder considered in Additive Print?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Additive Print (AP) and Additive Science (AS), The powder is explicitly included in the thermal simulation domain (at least within an area slightly larger than the bounding box around the part being simulated). There are powder-specific material properties the solver consumes (e.g., conductivity, density, specific heat) as a ratio compared to the bulk solid properties. These parameters are not currently exposed in the UI as they have been tuned to experimental data for the default materials offered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-166758","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-additive-print","topic-tag-additive-manufacturing","topic-tag-structural-mechanics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In Additive Print (AP) and Additive Science (AS), The powder is explicitly included in the thermal simulation domain (at least within an area slightly larger than the bounding box around the part being simulated). There are powder-specific material properties the solver consumes (e.g., conductivity, density, specific heat) as a ratio compared to the bulk solid\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ansys Knowledge | Ansys Innovation Space\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Additive Print: How is heat transfer to the surrounding powder considered in Additive Print? | Ansys Knowledge\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In Additive Print (AP) and Additive Science (AS), The powder is explicitly included in the thermal simulation domain (at least within an area slightly larger than the bounding box around the part being simulated). There are powder-specific material properties the solver consumes (e.g., conductivity, density, specific heat) as a ratio compared to the bulk solid\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-05T14:32:02+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-31T12:32:08+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Additive Print: How is heat transfer to the surrounding powder considered in Additive Print? | Ansys Knowledge\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"In Additive Print (AP) and Additive Science (AS), The powder is explicitly included in the thermal simulation domain (at least within an area slightly larger than the bounding box around the part being simulated). There are powder-specific material properties the solver consumes (e.g., conductivity, density, specific heat) as a ratio compared to the bulk solid\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Topics\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Topics\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/structural-mechanics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"structural-mechanics\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/structural-mechanics\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"structural-mechanics\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/structural-mechanics\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Additive Print: How is heat transfer to the surrounding powder considered in Additive Print?\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Topics\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Additive Print: How is heat transfer to the surrounding powder considered in Additive Print?\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/structural-mechanics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"structural-mechanics\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"Ansys Innovation Space\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print\\\/\",\"name\":\"Additive Print: How is heat transfer to the surrounding powder considered in Additive Print? | Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"In Additive Print (AP) and Additive Science (AS), The powder is explicitly included in the thermal simulation domain (at least within an area slightly larger than the bounding box around the part being simulated). There are powder-specific material properties the solver consumes (e.g., conductivity, density, specific heat) as a ratio compared to the bulk solid\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-05T14:32:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-31T12:32:08+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"Ansys Innovation Space\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Additive Print: How is heat transfer to the surrounding powder considered in Additive Print? | Ansys Knowledge","description":"In Additive Print (AP) and Additive Science (AS), The powder is explicitly included in the thermal simulation domain (at least within an area slightly larger than the bounding box around the part being simulated). There are powder-specific material properties the solver consumes (e.g., conductivity, density, specific heat) as a ratio compared to the bulk solid","canonical_url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","name":"Topics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Topics","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/#listItem","name":"structural-mechanics"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"structural-mechanics","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print\/#listItem","name":"Additive Print: How is heat transfer to the surrounding powder considered in Additive Print?"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","name":"Topics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print\/#listItem","position":4,"name":"Additive Print: How is heat transfer to the surrounding powder considered in Additive Print?","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/#listItem","name":"structural-mechanics"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#organization","name":"Ansys Knowledge","description":"Ansys Innovation Space","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print\/","name":"Additive Print: How is heat transfer to the surrounding powder considered in Additive Print? | Ansys Knowledge","description":"In Additive Print (AP) and Additive Science (AS), The powder is explicitly included in the thermal simulation domain (at least within an area slightly larger than the bounding box around the part being simulated). There are powder-specific material properties the solver consumes (e.g., conductivity, density, specific heat) as a ratio compared to the bulk solid","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print\/#breadcrumblist"},"datePublished":"2023-04-05T14:32:02+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-31T12:32:08+00:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#website","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/","name":"Ansys Knowledge","description":"Ansys Innovation Space","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Ansys Knowledge | Ansys Innovation Space","og:type":"article","og:title":"Additive Print: How is heat transfer to the surrounding powder considered in Additive Print? | Ansys Knowledge","og:description":"In Additive Print (AP) and Additive Science (AS), The powder is explicitly included in the thermal simulation domain (at least within an area slightly larger than the bounding box around the part being simulated). There are powder-specific material properties the solver consumes (e.g., conductivity, density, specific heat) as a ratio compared to the bulk solid","og:url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print\/","article:published_time":"2023-04-05T14:32:02+00:00","article:modified_time":"2023-07-31T12:32:08+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"Additive Print: How is heat transfer to the surrounding powder considered in Additive Print? | Ansys Knowledge","twitter:description":"In Additive Print (AP) and Additive Science (AS), The powder is explicitly included in the thermal simulation domain (at least within an area slightly larger than the bounding box around the part being simulated). There are powder-specific material properties the solver consumes (e.g., conductivity, density, specific heat) as a ratio compared to the bulk solid"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"166758","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"created":"2025-10-17 23:14:47","updated":"2026-07-29 19:15:06","ai":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/\" title=\"Topics\">Topics<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/\" title=\"structural-mechanics\">structural-mechanics<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tAdditive Print: How is heat transfer to the surrounding powder considered in Additive Print?\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge"},{"label":"Topics","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/"},{"label":"structural-mechanics","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/structural-mechanics\/"},{"label":"Additive Print: How is heat transfer to the surrounding powder considered in Additive Print?","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/additive-print-how-is-heat-transfer-to-the-surrounding-powder-considered-in-additive-print\/"}],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["5\/4\/2023 20:20"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_author_ip":["209.182.204.162"],"_btv_view_count":["352"],"siebel_km_number":["2056200"],"product_version":[""],"km_published_date":["2018-08-31T00:00:00.000Z"],"family":["Structural Mechanics"],"application_name":["Additive Print"]},"test":"articlesansys-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/166758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/166758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}