Advanced Manufacturing Processes: Technologies and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

The current advancement of all engineering fields and the emergence of individualized applications with stricter requirements increase the need to improve the current manufacturing processes or even develop new manufacturing processes capable of delivering the required features for each specific application. This development creates the need for new research areas addressing these novel and developing processes, which usually differ from current and conventional ones. Therefore, there is a need for specific research regarding these processes, not only from a process point of view, but also including research addressing material science and characterizations, corrosion properties, numerical simulations, case studies, and so on, related to these processes.

This Special Issue will publish high-quality, original research and review papers addressing manufacturing processes that have been developed more recently or that present new features or variations regarding conventional processes. Some examples include additive manufacturing technologies, solid-state welding processes (e.g., friction stir welding, explosive welding, and magnetic pulse welding), advanced fusion welding and coating processes, powder metallurgy, and machining, among others. Many aspects related to these processes may be addressed, such as process development, metallurgical characterization, machining, tool wear, corrosion resistance, industrial applications, case studies, improvements in energy efficiency, sustainability and environmental impact, heat treatment and post-processing, surface analysis, and numerical modeling and simulation.

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

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