Advanced Manufacturing Processes

Dear Colleagues,

The advancement of engineering and the emergence of increasingly individualized and specific applications boost the need to develop advanced manufacturing processes capable of delivering all the required characteristics. These processes, which have very particular features or were developed more recently, deserve special attention in current manufacturing engineering research to overcome their challenges. This progress will spread the use of these processes, resulting in better quality components with lower manufacturing costs and lower environmental impact.

This Special Issue will publish high-quality, original research and review papers addressing manufacturing processes such as additive manufacturing technologies, solid-state welding processes (e.g., friction stir welding, explosive welding, magnetic pulse welding), advanced fusion welding and coating processes, powder metallurgy, among others. Different aspects related to these processes may be addressed, including process development, metallurgical characterization, machining, corrosion resistance, industrial applications, improvements in energy efficiency, sustainability and environmental impact, heat treatment and post-processing, case studies, and numerical modeling and simulation.

Dr. Gustavo H. S. F. L. Carvalho
Dr. Rui Manuel Leal
Dr. Ivan Galvão 
Guest Editors

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