Metal Additive Manufacturing and its Applications: From the Material to Components Service Life

Dear Colleagues,

These days, additive manufacturing processes have a large representation in current research and in the focus of industrial applications. In addition to process and geometric aspects, material properties are also increasingly in focus, as well as modern materials, such as titanium aluminides, high entropy alloys and nickel base superalloys are more and more qualified for additive manufacturing.

The more the knowledge about additive manufacturing increases, the more these processes are used in industrial manufacturing. Here, they are used in many industries, from aviation to energy technology, and ensure the continuous further development of technical equipment with appropriate post-processing, such as milling or heat treatment.

In order to take this fact into account, a Special Issue, which is open to a wide range of topics, is the adequate approach, will provide a good overview of the current state of research, and is intended to provide an overview of the latest research results and industrial applications, both across applications and materials.

Possible topics are listed below. 

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Progress in processes for metal additive manufacturing;
  • Arc-based ( WAAM)
  • Beam-based (powderbed, electron/laser powder/wire)
• Generation path planning
• Process surveillance and control
  • Surveillance of temperature
  • Surveillance of geometry
  • Indirect surveillance
• Microstructural propagation of additively manufactured materials
• Multi-material-systems and -design for metal additive manufacturing
• Properties of additive manufactured materials;
  • Static, fatigue, crash, wear
• Additional post-processing
  • Machining
  • Heat-treatment
  • Impact treatment
• Modelling for additive manufacturing
  • Modelling of weldability
  • Modelling of phase transformation
  • Modelling of heat-transfer
• Industrial applications and service life properties 

Please stick to metal applications and research.

Prof. Dr. Volker Wesling
Dr. Kai Treutler
Guest Editors

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