About this Research Topic
In the last decade, additive manufacturing (AM) technologies have continued to advance with special demands from key industries including aerospace, medical, etc. Metal AM (3D printing) technology was ranked as one of the top ten breakthrough technologies in the world. Regarding its application in aerospace, regular sizes aircraft/rocket engine parts, advanced fighter airplane wings, large-size titanium alloy beams, as well as other large components have all been fabricated by metal AM. AM technology provides infinite possibilities for the evolution of the modern manufacturing industry. During AM of metallic materials, components are built layer-by-layer with a focused heat source, resulting in heterogeneous microstructure, internal defects, non-equilibrium microchemistry, as well as considerable residual stress. Development of tailored material, process optimization, in-situ monitoring, interlayer deformation, and intrinsic or post-process heat treatment have all been found effective to solve these problems.
This Research Topic thus focuses on the advances in metal additive manufacturing, comprising new technologies, processes, methods, materials, systems, and applications in the field of aerospace with AM technologies.
Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:
• Optimization of metal AM processes
• Modeling for metal AM processes
• In-situ monitoring in metal AM processes
• Characterization of metal AM components
• Novel applications of metal AM in aerospace
• Repair and remanufacturing with metal AM
This Research Topic thus focuses on the advances in metal additive manufacturing, comprising new technologies, processes, methods, materials, systems, and applications in the field of aerospace with AM technologies.
Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:
• Optimization of metal AM processes
• Modeling for metal AM processes
• In-situ monitoring in metal AM processes
• Characterization of metal AM components
• Novel applications of metal AM in aerospace
• Repair and remanufacturing with metal AM
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