Process–Structure–Mechanical Properties of Metal 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 March 2023) | Viewed by 3031
Special Issue Editors
Interests: additive manufacturing; 3D printing; metal forming; implant design
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metal additive manufacturing (AM) has been used in many industries—aerospace, automotive, consumer products, industrial products, medical devices, and architecture. Lattice structure design, powder composition, processing parameter, and post-treatment influence the mechanical properties and accuracy of printed objects. Hybrid manufacturing is a combination method to improve accuracy and increase flexible manufacturing. Functionally graded material also opens a new application field that can be more focused on the effects of process, structure, and mechanical property.
This Special Issue of Metals focuses on metal additive manufacturing with respect to the topics mentioned below (please see the Keywords/Topics below). The papers presented in this Special Issue give an account of the 2020 scientific, technological, and industrial state of the art for metal additive manufacturing from different perspectives (see the Keywords/Topics below). Your contribution to this 2020 account is highly valuable and appreciated.
Prof. Dr. Cho-Pei Jiang
Prof. Dr. Timotius Pasang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- lattice structure
- new application (including innovative design, topology optimization, lattice and surface optimization, etc.)
- industrial applications (aerospace, defense, automotive, consumer, medical, and industrial products, etc.)
- medical applications (customized design implant, orthopedic implant, dental implant, etc.)
- processing parameter optimization (Taguchi method, experimental uniform design, etc.)
- new materials (matrix material, novel material, smart materials, etc.)
- hybrid manufacturing
- post-processing
- mechanical properties
- processing parameter
- hybrid manufacturing
- mold design
- implant
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