Advances in Large-Scale Metal 3D Printing
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Additive Manufacturing Technologies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2023) | Viewed by 2842
Special Issue Editors
Interests: seismic design; dissipative devices; steel structures; additive manufacturing
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Interests: seismic design; dissipative devices; steel structures; additive manufacturing
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The growth of automation since the beginning of the 21st century has prevailed in almost all production domains with the exception of large-scale applications (aerospace, construction, marine, etc.), in which the use of automatic tools is still challenging and at its first application stage.
Recent reviews of metal additive manufacturing processes distinguish them into three major categories: (i) powder bed fusion (PBF); (ii) directed energy deposition (DED); and (iii) sheet lamination.
In recent years, research effort has been intensively dedicated to the study of PBF material fabrication. The PBF process, although presenting small geometrical imperfections and mechanical characteristics in the order of traditional stainless-steel material, is limited by the build envelope of the equipment, which is typically a 250 mm cube. On the other hand, DED processes lie upon a more flexible building set-up, allowing for the realization of elements without theoretical dimensional constraints. For such reason, it appears more suitable for large-scale applications, for which the outputs requested are of the order of several meters (typically 3 to 5 m long). However, in order to obtain pieces of large dimensions, higher printing velocities are required, resulting in larger geometrical imperfections with respect to the digital model. Therefore, much effort is needed for a proper assessment of both the geometrical and mechanical characterization of the outputs.
To cover this topic and to provide a well-documented reference in this field, authors are invited to present their recent research results to this Special Issue. Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Material characterization of metal AM;
- Advanced design processes for metal AM;
- Applications of large-scale metal AM;
- Design requirements for large-scale metal AM components.
Dr. Giada Gasparini
Dr. Vittoria Laghi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- DED process
- metal 3D printing
- mechanical characterization
- large-scale components
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