Contemporary Progresses in Additive Manufacturing and Welding of Advanced Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Fabrication technology has emerged as an important tool for modern manufacturing processes that involve cutting-edge materials. It is difficult to deposit components for critical aerospace applications using additive manufacturing’s advanced materials. Several methods have been developed to successfully join modern materials to produce high-quality parts. When it comes to avoiding welding issues with different materials, additive manufacturing is a huge help. There are specific and high costs associated with welding materials like titanium, ceramics, and metal-matrix composites. However, additive manufacturing processes can make the components of these materials at a lower cost. Welding and additive manufacturing are two examples of hybrid manufacturing processes that can be used to construct advanced material parts if the production rate necessitates it. Therefore, studies on the properties of components made with modern manufacturing techniques are essential.

For this Special Issue of Materials we welcome reviews and original research articles from scientists, researchers, industry profession and various engineers working in the areas of additive manufacturing/3D printing and welding processes. We also invite works in the areas of post-processing methods, machining, machine learning, artificial intelligence, IoT additive manufacturing and welding, biomedical, modelling, and process technology developments.

Dr. Murali Mohan Cheepu
Dr. Ragavanantham Shanmugam
Dr. Katakam Sivaprasad
Mr. Venkata Charan Kantumuchu
Guest Editors

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• advanced materials
• welding
• additive manufacturing/3D printing
• microstructure
• mechanical properties
• machine learning and AI
• modeling
• residual stresses
• machining
• post-processing methods