Evaluation of Advanced Metallic Materials Processed Using Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Additive Manufacturing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 1781
Special Issue Editors
Interests: additive manufacturing surface engineering; fatigue and fracture; experimental tribology
Interests: additive manufacturing; direct wiriting of single crystal alloys; automated fibre placement process; selective laser sintering; robotic 3D composites; biopolymers; polymer nanocomposites
Interests: additive manufacturing; solidification; welding; rapid solidification; high-temperature materials and coatings; material characterization; mechanical properties; nanomaterials and advanced materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Compared to traditional manufacturing methods, additive manufacturing (AM) allows the production of complex parts with a shorter lead time. This process offers a cost-efficient alternative to conventional methods. Laser-based AM is a rebellious technique for fabricating a broad spectrum of materials, predominantly metallic materials used in end-use applications under industrial environments.
However, the industry's requirements for manufacturing technology are continuously unwinding and becoming increasingly complex and uncompromising. Indeed, further research must be conducted to understand process physics better, optimise processes, and develop novel applications. Thus, this Special Issue strives to offer a forum for valuing state-of-the-art advances, encouraging and enabling the new development and applications of laser-based additive manufacturing of advanced metallic materials, including the characterisation and evaluation. Both original and review research papers are welcomed by scientists, researchers, engineers and all experts in this field. Topics include but are not limited to the following areas:
- Laser powder bed fusion AM;
- The laser-based direct energy deposition technique;
- Laser-based hybrid AM;
- Modelling and simulation of laser-based additive manufacturing.
Prof. Dr. Anand Kumar Subramaniyan
Dr. Velu Rajkumar
Dr. Prasad Raghupatruni
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- advanced metallic materials
- laser based-AM
- modelling and simulation
- quality inspection
- microstructural characterization
- mechanical testings
- functional metallic prototypes
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