eprintid: 10205876 rev_number: 7 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/20/58/76 datestamp: 2025-03-11 11:28:08 lastmod: 2025-03-11 11:28:08 status_changed: 2025-03-11 11:28:08 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Fan, Xianqiang creators_name: Fleming, Tristan G creators_name: Clark, Samuel J creators_name: Fezzaa, Kamel creators_name: Getley, Anna CM creators_name: Marussi, Sebastian creators_name: Wang, Hongze creators_name: Leung, Chu Lun Alex creators_name: Kao, Andrew creators_name: Lee, Peter D title: Magnetic modulation of keyhole instability during laser welding and additive manufacturing ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: B04 divisions: C07 divisions: D08 divisions: F45 note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Keyhole instability during laser welding and laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) can cause keyhole collapse and pore formation. Using high-speed x-ray imaging, we demonstrate that the flow vortex-induced protrusion on the rear keyhole wall is crucial in initiating keyhole instability. Applying a transverse magnetic field suppresses the keyhole instability by driving a secondary thermoelectric magnetohydrodynamics (TEMHD) flow that alters the net flow vortex. This minimizes protrusions and large-amplitude keyhole oscillations. The suppression effectiveness depends on the laser scanning direction relative to the magnetic field orientation because this controls the Seebeck effect-induced Lorentz force's direction. We show that at LPBF length scales, electromagnetic damping is weak, and for alloys with a large Seebeck coefficient, TEMHD becomes the dominant mechanism controlling flow behind the keyhole. date: 2025-02-21 date_type: published publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) official_url: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado8554 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2363813 doi: 10.1126/science.ado8554 medium: Print-Electronic lyricists_name: Getley, Anna lyricists_name: Lee, Peter lyricists_name: Leung, Chu Lun Alex lyricists_name: Marussi, Sebastian lyricists_name: Fan, Xianqiang lyricists_name: Fan, Xiaochen lyricists_id: ACMGE89 lyricists_id: PLEEX57 lyricists_id: CLALE63 lyricists_id: SMARU59 lyricists_id: XFANX55 lyricists_id: XFANX05 actors_name: Lee, Peter actors_id: PLEEX57 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Science volume: 387 number: 6736 pagerange: 864-869 event_location: United States issn: 0036-8075 citation: Fan, Xianqiang; Fleming, Tristan G; Clark, Samuel J; Fezzaa, Kamel; Getley, Anna CM; Marussi, Sebastian; Wang, Hongze; ... Lee, Peter D; + view all <#> Fan, Xianqiang; Fleming, Tristan G; Clark, Samuel J; Fezzaa, Kamel; Getley, Anna CM; Marussi, Sebastian; Wang, Hongze; Leung, Chu Lun Alex; Kao, Andrew; Lee, Peter D; - view fewer <#> (2025) Magnetic modulation of keyhole instability during laser welding and additive manufacturing. Science , 387 (6736) pp. 864-869. 10.1126/science.ado8554 <https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado8554>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10205876/1/J396_Fan_Science_2024_as_sub.pdf