Additively Manufactured Cellular Structures: Trends and Challenges
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 452
Special Issue Editor
Interests: Dr Soe has a wide range of research interests in the field of Additive Manufacturing (AM) and beyond, including further development of AM processes, mechanical characterisation of AM materials for FEA (Finite Element Analysis) structural optimization, development of energy absorption materials and structures, and new software development to generate unique conformal cellular structures. His current IP aims to exploit multifunctional materials and functionally graded structures via AM process innovation for a variety of industrial applications.
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cellular materials found in nature have inspired us to mimic their configurations in innovate new materials in recent decades. A prime example of human-engineered cellular materials is foams, which utilise a wide range of base materials, from low-density polymers and ceramics to fibre composite and strong metals. The stochastic nature of this class of materials, however, presents a significant challenge in controlling their physical and mechanical behaviours. Additive manufacturing—a layer-wise fabrication method—creates the opportunity to design and manufacture a new class of materials, “cellular structures”, enabling the precise control and optimisation of their physical and mechanical properties for an array of applications. Examples include energy absorption, thermal management, vibration dampening, shock isolation, system integration, deployability, and tailorability.
This Special Issue aims to encourage world leading researchers to share their research endeavours in order to leverage the performance characteristics of the cellular materials in three areas: innovations in lattice structure design, novelties in material development, and pushing the boundaries of additive manufacturing.
Dr. Shwe Soe
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cellular materials
- cellular lattice structures
- digital metamaterials
- functional grading
- conformal structures
- open and closed cellular structures
- multifunctional materials
- design for additive manufacturing
- multiobjective design optimization
- 4D printed structures
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