Fig. 7: Dependence of residual stress and plastic strain on processing parameters.

Contour maps of (a) average residual stress \({\bar{\sigma }}_{{{{\rm{e}}}}}\) and (b) average plastic strain \({\bar{p}}_{{{{\rm{e}}}}}\) in the fusion zone w.r.t. the beam power and the scan speed. The dotted lines represent isolines of different specific energy inputs UV. Profiles of (c–g) residual stress and (h–l) plastic strain are plotted for different processing parameters. The boundary of the fusion zone is also indicated.