Additive Manufacturing: Recent Advances, Applications and Challenges
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Additive Manufacturing Technologies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 1427
Special Issue Editor
Interests: high-performance metal additive manufacturing; composite additive manufacturing; material–structure–function integrated manufacturing; space additive manufacturing
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Dear Colleagues,
Predictions for the fourth industrial revolution, "Industry 4.0", are that additive manufacturing technologies capable of replacing conventional manufacturing processes will be able to produce one component/ part as economically and efficiently as possible in mass production.
The evolution of industries depends not only on innovative and cutting-edge research activities associated with materials, manufacturing processes, and performance control means, but also on the research of new additive manufacturing process types, innovative simulation methods, more diverse application scenarios, and the mining of product structure design.
In recent years, innovative additive manufacturing processes have been developed, including new fused filament fabrication based on a mixed filament, droplet deposition, multi-feed powder feeding, etc. Simulation methods can cover multiple scales, from atomic to macroscopic. Structure design, including honeycomb, porous, and complex surfaces, etc., is also considered.
Subjects that will be discussed in this Special Issue will focus not only on material systems, manufacturing process optimization, post-processing, and physicochemical characterization, but also on the exploration of new technologies, multi-scale simulation, the fabrication of dense components with special complex structures, and potential industrial applications.
Prof. Dr. Fuji Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- new technology
- simulation
- complex structure
- industrial application
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