Application of Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing Process in Metal Alloys
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Additive Manufacturing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2024) | Viewed by 1010
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metal matrix composites; additive manufacturing techniques; combinatorial materials science
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Electron beam additive manufacturing has reached a point in development where engineers and scientists can design materials and develop applications, beyond the classic determination of which alloys we can obtain with AM, or obtaining simple shapes like cubes. Examples of current trends for innovative applications include modifications of composition throughout a build (e.g., gradient materials, layered materials), intricate geometries (e.g., lattices, organic-inspired designs), creation of intermetallics and second phases (either desired or deleterious), creative ways to obtain alloys that were not printable in the past, and others. The realization of these advances depends upon a detailed understanding of the fundamentals of composition–process–microstructure–property relationships, and the fundamental work that underpins such an understanding.
This Special Issue is focused on publishing high-quality research of innovative applications of additive manufacturing of metal alloys using an electron beam as a heat source, covering aspects such as the process, geometries, compositions, microstructure, modeling, or testing of properties.
Prof. Dr. Peter Collins
Guest Editor
Dr. María José Quintana
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- electron beam
- additive manufacturing
- application
- metal alloys
- microstructure
- modeling
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