About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Additive Manufacturing Modeling, Simulation and Artificial Intelligence
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| Presentation Title |
Machine Learning Based Adaptive Deposition Control for Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Repair |
| Author(s) |
Anas Ullah Khan, Ajay V, Amber Shrivastava |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Anas Ullah Khan |
| Abstract Scope |
Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) has strong potential to repair damaged or fractured metal components owing to high deposition rates and minimal material waste. However, damage creates random irregular surfaces, and fixed travel speed deposition results in uniform bead height, conforming to the damaged surface and producing unpredictable outcomes. This work utilizes a single-layer LSTM (long short-term memory) model with 128 units to predict the optimal travel speed profile required to achieve a flat top surface before each deposition. The model, trained on bead-height and path history data, dynamically adjusts deposition speed to conform to complex geometries. Strength testing and numerical simulation were also performed to assess the structural and geometric effects of variable-height layers. LSTM-driven speed prediction reduced the standard deviation of top-layer height from 1.65 mm to 1.02 mm compared with a conventional fixed-speed deposition. These results validate the feasibility of travel-speed control in WAAM repair. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Additive Manufacturing, Machine Learning, Modeling and Simulation |