New Advances in Light Metal Alloys for Additive Manufacturing
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 October 2022) | Viewed by 11584
Special Issue Editors
Interests: light alloys; biomaterials; additive manufacturing; characterization; nanostructure
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Dear Colleagues,
Additive manufacturing is unlocking design and geometrical constraints typical of traditional manufacturing, leveraging the production of complex and lightweight structures. This evolution involves a shift in the way in which a component is designed to the idea of using the smallest amount of material, and to optimize it to be built in a layer-upon-layer way. When it comes to metal, the particular processing conditions taking place inside additive manufacturing machines give rise to peculiar microstructures and unique mechanical properties.
Light alloys are of particular interest for additive manufacturing and represent some of the largest amounts of metallic materials processed by additive layer manufacturing (Ti-6Al-4V being the most widely 3D printed alloy in the world to date), with the exception of magnesium, which is slowly but remarkably taking its first steps in this field of research.
The upcoming Special Issue entitled “New Advances in Light Metal Alloys for Additive Manufacturing” aims to cover all the possible topics involved, from novel materials, powder metallurgy and rheology, to component design, modeling and simulation, to processing and post-processing parameters and operations, with an overview that covers applications such as biomedical, automotive, aerospace, and energy. Papers addressing joining and forming technologies as well as corrosion and surface finishing are also welcome.
It is our pleasure to invite you to contribute full papers, communications, and reviews to this special issue.
Prof. Dr. Paolo Mengucci
Dr. Eleonora Santecchia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- light alloys
- mechanical properties
- microstructural characterization
- process parameters
- powder metallurgy
- corrosion properties and surface finishing
- modeling and simulation
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