Advanced Welding and Additive Manufacturing

Dear Colleagues,

With the advancement of Industry 4.0, metal-joining technologies and additive manufacturing (3D printing) are gradually becoming the core drivers of modern manufacturing. These technologies not only revolutionize traditional product design and production methods but also demonstrate significant application potential across various sectors such as aerospace, automotive manufacturing, medical devices, and energy. To foster academic exchange and technological progress in this field, our journal has established a Special Issue on "Advanced Welding and Additive Manufacturing", soliciting high-quality research papers, review articles, and technical reports from around the globe. This Special Issue will focus on, but is not limited to, the following research directions:

Metal-joining technologies：

1. Innovations in welding processes (such as laser welding, electron beam welding, friction stir welding, etc.);

2. The development and application of new joining materials;

3. Analysis of microstructure evolution and mechanical properties during the joining process;

4. Methods for joining multi-material composite structures and their reliability evaluation.

Additive Manufacturing Technologies：

1. The current status and future trends of mainstream additive manufacturing processes like metal powder bed fusion (PBF) and directed energy deposition (DED);

2. Optimization strategies for material characteristics, forming accuracy, and surface quality in additive manufacturing;

3. Case studies of additive manufacturing applications in complex structural components with a lightweight design;

4. The exploration of additive manufacturing processes for new metallic materials (such as ultra-high-strength steels, titanium alloys, nickel-based superalloys, etc.).

Dr. Chao Chen
Dr. Guorui Sun
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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