Additive Manufacturing of Heterogeneous Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2023) | Viewed by 171
Special Issue Editor
Interests: additive manufacturing; laser welding; heterogeneous structure; microstructure; phase transformation; deformation behavior; mechanical properties
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, also known as metal 3D printing, leads the global manufacturing trend due to its unique advantages of great topological freedom of design to fabricate engineering products, a dimension which is not accessible under traditional manufacturing methods. By using AM techniques, the 3D products can be directly printed in a layer-by-layer fashion based on computer-aided design data. This additive approach offers not only unparalleled ability to achieve near-net-shape production but also to expand the degree of freedom of design for hetero-structured materials and functionally graded materials, having locally different microstructure and properties.
In particular, the microstructure and properties in AM-processed materials are quite different from those of wrought counterparts. Recent studies have suggested that the AM process offers great opportunities to improve the performance of materials by generating hierarchically heterogeneous microstructures. In other words, the AM can allow not only hetero-structuring of microstructures but also the manufacturing of topology-optimized products in a single print.
In order to pave a novel strategy for effectively tailoring the multi-functional performance of of materials produced by AM, the understanding of the relationship between process parameters and microstructure in AM-processed materials must be determined. Furthermore, the controllable microstructural factors are diverse, and these microstructural factors complicatedly affect the properties of materials. As the scope of research indicates, Special Issue, entitled “Additive Manufacturing of Heterogeneous Materials” will cover, but will not be limited to, the following topics:
- Additive manufacturing;
- Heterogeneous microstructure;
- Topology optimization;
- Functionally-graded materials;
- Process–structure relationship
- Structure–property relationship
- Mechanical properties;
- Functional properties;
- Post-treatment
It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. We welcome either experimental or theoretical contributions to the above subjects. We hope that the paper published in the Special Issue will advance “multi-scale 3D printing” controlling not only final shape but also microstructure to tailor the properties of materials.
Dr. Jeong Min Park
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- alloy design
- microstructure
- mechanical properties
- functional properties
- topology optimization
- post-treatment
