Advanced Manufacturing Processes: Technologies and Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 1600
Special Issue Editors
2. CEMMPRE, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Rua Luís Reis Santos, 3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: explosive welding; welding; additive manufacturing; WAAM; metallurgy; metallurgical characterization
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2. CEMMPRE, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Rua Luís Reis Santos, 3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: solid-state welding; friction stir welding; explosion welding; dissimilar materials welding; solid-state processing
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2. CEMMPRE, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Rua Luís Reis Santos, 3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: welding technology; processing technology; microstructural and mechanical characterization; friction stir welding; explosion welding
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The current advancement of all engineering fields and the emergence of individualized applications with stricter requirements increase the need to improve the current manufacturing processes or even develop new manufacturing processes capable of delivering the required features for each specific application. This development creates the need for new research areas addressing these novel and developing processes, which usually differ from current and conventional ones. Therefore, there is a need for specific research regarding these processes, not only from a process point of view, but also including research addressing material science and characterizations, corrosion properties, numerical simulations, case studies, and so on, related to these processes.
This Special Issue will publish high-quality, original research and review papers addressing manufacturing processes that have been developed more recently or that present new features or variations regarding conventional processes. Some examples include additive manufacturing technologies, solid-state welding processes (e.g., friction stir welding, explosive welding, and magnetic pulse welding), advanced fusion welding and coating processes, powder metallurgy, and machining, among others. Many aspects related to these processes may be addressed, such as process development, metallurgical characterization, machining, tool wear, corrosion resistance, industrial applications, case studies, improvements in energy efficiency, sustainability and environmental impact, heat treatment and post-processing, surface analysis, and numerical modeling and simulation.
Dr. Gustavo H. S. F. L. Carvalho
Dr. Ivan Galvão
Dr. Rui Manuel Leal
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- solid-state welding
- impact welding processes
- explosive welding
- magnetic pulse welding
- diffusion bonding
- advanced fusion welding processes
- powder metallurgy/sintering
- machining, numerical modelling and simulation
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