Computational Approaches for Manufacturing

Dear Colleagues,

Manufacturing, such as additive manufacturing, welding, and casting, is a complex process for fabricating material and building parts, which involves heat transfer, fluid flow, evaporation, phase changes, and solidification. Computational methods have played a key role in obtaining a deep understanding of how manufacturing processes affect material microstructure, mechanical properties, and parts performance. The development of multi-physics models and data-driven models in manufacturing offers efficient ways to explore the fundamental science and findings related to the manufacturing process.

The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the technologies and progress in simulations and data-driven models for manufacturing. Specific fields and topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Multiscale and multiphysics modeling;
• Data-driven modeling;
• Model calibration;
• Reduced order modeling;
• Uncertainty quantification;
• Optimization and design;
• Experimental image processing;
• Image segmentation and analysis;
• Heat transfer;
• Alloy design;
• Solidification modeling;
• Process–structure property.

Dr. Lichao Fang
Guest Editor

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• multiphysics modeling
• data-driven modeling
• additive manufacturing
• welding
• casting
• image processing
• process–structure property