Optimization of Metal Additive Manufacturing Processes (Volume 2)

Dear Colleagues,

Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, utilizes advanced computer algorithms and sophisticated machines to deposit materials layer by layer to form a part. The AM technique is a disruptive technology that has revolutionized manufacturing due to its many advantages, such as its low-cost and rapid prototyping, reduced waste of materials, lack of geometric limitations, freedom in design, and ability to fabricate complex and customized parts, improved product performance, and enhanced material efficiency. However, achieving high product quality and the desired properties and geometries of additively manufactured components is dependent on many different parameters, such as process parameters (i.e., alloy composition, process parameters, and geometry), and is still the common topic of research papers.

This Special Issue aims to present the state-of-the-art achievements in the field of additive manufacturing and its related topics. Papers on experimental work, numerical simulation, or a combination of both are welcome. The specific scopes of interest include but are not limited to:

• Process optimization for reducing defects;
• Approaches in reducing the residual stresses in parts made using AM;
• Design optimization and concurrent design;
• Microstructural manipulation and optimization;
• In situ monitoring of the process including measurements of temperatures, stress, defects, geometry, etc.;
• Use of machine learning and artificial intelligence in process and use of computational and experimental learning approaches;
• New materials and processes;
• Alloy development for AM;
• New AM technologies;
• Microstructural/mechanical characterization techniques;
• Tribology, tribocorrosion, oxidation, and corrosion properties;
• Simulation and modeling of AM processes;
• New applications.

Prof. Dr. Jafar Razmi
Guest Editor

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• additive manufacturing (AM)
• alloy development
• processing
• advanced materials
• characterization
• machine learning
• artificial intelligence