Advancements in Solid-State Additive Manufacturing: Friction Stir Techniques, Aluminum Alloys and Metallic Composite Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025
Special Issue Editors
Interests: material weldability; welding metallurgy; FSW/FSP
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Interests: welding; friction stir welding; dissimilar materials joining; friction stir formation; solid-state additive manufacturing; deformation driven metallurgy; joining mechanism
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Special Issue Information
Additive manufacturing, as a rapid layer-by-layer deposition technology, has significant applications in aviation, aerospace, and other high-end industries due to the performance integrity of the material structures it creates. Beam-based or fusion-based metal additive manufacturing technologies excel at creating geometric features but are often unable to meet their alloys’ strength and elongation requirements. This originates from challenges rooted in melting and rapid solidification: solidification porosity, elemental vaporization, cracks, and high residual stress. To address these issues, non-beam-based solid-state additive manufacturing technologies are growing at an accelerated rate and have attracted substantial interest.
In the upcoming Special Issue, titled "Advancements in Solid-State Additive Manufacturing: Friction Stir Techniques, Aluminum Alloys and Metallic Composite Materials", we cordially invite you to submit contributions that shed light on the forefront of research and innovation in additive manufacturing technologies that are tailored to the unique requirements of high-end manufacturing applications.
We encourage the submission of both original research papers and review articles that focus on emerging materials and processing technologies. The topics of interest for this Special Issue encompass, but are not restricted to, the following:
(1) Plate-based FSAM;
(2) Rod-based friction surfacing;
(3) Additive friction stir deposition;
(4) Wire-based friction stir additive manufacturing;
(5) Other new friction stir techniques.
Submissions will be peer-reviewed by an international panel of experts. We encourage researchers, engineers, and practitioners from academia and industry to contribute to this exciting field.
Dr. Yuqing Mao
Prof. Dr. Long Wan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- • Friction stir welding
- • Friction stir processing
- • Deformation-driven metallurgy
- • Material fabrication
- • Mechanical or functional assessments
- • Numerical simulation
- • Welding tools
- • Intermetallic control.
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