Advanced Characterization and On-Line Process Monitoring of Additively Manufactured Materials and Components
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Additive Manufacturing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 59411
Special Issue Editors
Interests: neutron diffraction; residual stress; mechanical properties of materials; additive manufacturing; porous ceramics
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Dear Colleagues,
Additive manufacturing (AM) techniques have risen to prominence in many industrial sectors. This rapid success of AM is due to the freeform design, which offers enormous possibilities to the engineer, and to the reduction of waste material. Even safety-critical parts are now being produced using AM. This enthusiastic penetration of AM in our daily life is not yet paralleled by a thorough characterization and understanding of the microstructure of materials and of the internal stresses of parts. The same holds true for the understanding of the formation of defects during manufacturing. While simulation efforts are sprouting and some experimental techniques for on-line monitoring are available, still little is known about the propagation of defects throughout the life of a component (from powder to operando conditions).
This Issue aims to collect contributions about the advanced characterization of AM materials and components (especially at large-scale experimental facilities such as Synchrotron and Neutron sources), as well as efforts to liaise online process monitoring to the final product and even to the component during operation. While primarily focused on metallic materials and components, this Issue welcomes contributions dealing with all industrially relevant AM materials and components, such as (but not exhaustively) ceramic implants, polymeric parts, and geopolymers. The goal is to give an overview of advances in the understanding of the impacts of microstructure and defects on component performance and life at several length scales of both defects and parts.
Prof. Dr. Giovanni Bruno
Dr. Christiane Maierhofer
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Thermography
- Microstructure
- Defects
- Porosity
- Mechanical properties
- Computed tomography
- Large-scale facilities
- Residual stress
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