FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg — Chair of Materials Science and Engineering for Metals (WTM)
Erlangen · DE · publishing in AM since 2008
EBM process simulation and powder-bed fusion physics
Christoph Körner holds the Chair of Materials Science and Engineering for Metals (WTM) at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and is one of the most influential figures in selective electron beam melting (SEBM/EBM). His group pioneered the use of lattice Boltzmann methods to simulate powder-bed melting at the particle scale, capturing melt pool dynamics, denudation, and balling in a way that directly informs scan-strategy design. His 2016 International Materials Reviews paper "Additive manufacturing of metallic components by selective electron beam melting — a review" is the standard reference for the EBM process and explains why pre-heating above 600°C enables processing of crack-prone and reactive alloys. Körner co-founded the Neue Materialien Fürth research centre and has driven much of Germany's industrial uptake of EBM for nickel superalloys, titanium aluminides, and refractory alloys. He has trained a cohort of EBM specialists now active across European research and industry.
Additive manufacturing of metallic components by selective electron beam melting — a review
C. Körner · 2016 · International Materials Reviews
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