The Application of Materials in Modern Manufacturing Processes: Design, Performance and Applied Research
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 756
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mechanical joining; joining sheets; mechanical-testing; materials-processing; mechanical-properties; finite-element-analysis; manufacturing-engineering; tool wear in metal forming processes
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Interests: metal forming; computational methods; mathematical modelling; plastic deformation; composites; metals
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Interests: mechanical engineering; joinings of materials; thermal drilling; materials testing; laser technologies; material recycling; environmental engineering
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, titled "The Application of Materials in Modern Manufacturing Processes: Design, Performance and Applied Research", is a collection of papers focusing on the current problems in both research and manufacturing.
Contemporary research includes work on modern metallic and non-metallic materials in the context of innovative applications. To improve machining properties and achieve satisfactory exploitation properties, it is important to determine the possibility of modifying chemical composition. Research focuses on microstructure analysis, strength assessment, wear resistance, and resistance to external influences, among others. Researchers face a number of challenges in targeting innovative solutions for specific applications.
Thus, we enter the field of manufacturing, which has dynamically developed in recent years. At present, this development is determined by factors such as the philosophy of quality, the need for safety, sustainable development, and caring for the environment.
These factors are evident in research concepts aimed at developing material-efficient technologies with low energy requirements, reducing technological processes’ negative impacts on human health and environmental harm, waste management aimed at 100% recycling, life-cycle analysis of products with features that satisfy customers' needs, minimizing the carbon footprint, and much more. These aspects act as guidelines for building strategies for enterprise activities and creating modern automated and robotic production lines, aiming to integrate resources and manufacturing systems for the needs of modern society.
We invite you to publish in this Special Issue original scientific papers, announcements, and reviews. The issue will include papers written by scientists and research teams working in design, prototyping, data analysis, simulation, optimization, etc., in the following areas (among others):
- Advanced materials: metals, composites, and polymers;
- Joining technologies: welding, laser welding, mechanical joining, and hybrid adhesive–mechanical;
- Additive manufacturing;
- Production designing;
- New surfaces and coatings;
- Control of manufacturing processes;
- Automotive production;
- Industry 5.0 challenges and risks;
- Ecological aspects of mechanical engineering technologies.
Prof. Dr. Jacek Mucha
Dr. Marta Wójcik
Dr. Lydia Sobotova
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mechanical properties
- material structure
- manufacturing processes
- defect detection, imaging, and characterization
- structural steels and alloys
- composites
- joining processes
- Industry 5.0
- finite element method
- structural analysis and optimization
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