Michael Gouge

Michael Gouge, Ph.D.:Michael Gouge is a Senior Research Engineer for Autodesk where he focuses on validating and improving the thermo-mechanical modeling of additive manufacturing processes. He completed a Ph.D in mechanical engineering at the Pennsylvania State University under Dr. Pan Michaleris. He is co-editor of "Thermo-Mechanical Modeling of Additive Manufacturing" with Dr. Michaleris. He has also received a B.A. in philosophy from Austin Peay, a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas San Antonio, and a M.S. in mechanical engineering from Penn State.

  • Benefits of Automatic Finite Element Mesh Adaptivity in AM Simulations

    In finite element (FE) analysis the detail in which a geometry is discretized into nodes and elements determines the system resources and computational time required to calculate the solution. A balance must always be struck between capturing all the complexity of a component and producing simulation results in a useful timeframe. The number of elements…

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  • Material Based Heat Flux Approximations in the Finite Element Modeling of Laser Based Powder Bed Fusion

    In Finite Element (FE) modeling, the accuracy of any simulation is largely driven by the accuracy of the boundary conditions. In the modeling of Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) processes, the key thermal boundary conditions are: For now, lets focus on heat losses which occur during the LPBF process. Heat Loss Mechanisms In LPBF, the…

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