Additive Manufacturing of Composite Materials: Design, Characterization, and Performance

Dear Colleagues,

Additive manufacturing is continuously evolving, offering unique opportunities for the design and production of composite materials with tailored properties. These materials, combining polymer with fibrous or particulate reinforcements, meet increasingly stringent requirements in terms of lightweighting, mechanical strength, functionalization, and durability. However, their implementation via additive manufacturing raises major challenges, particularly regarding materials/filaments availability, microstructural control, matrix-reinforcement interfaces, process reproducibility, prediction and modeling tool and integration into complex systems.

This special issue aims to gather original scientific contributions, both fundamental and applied, that highlight recent advances in this booming field. We welcome original contributions focusing on innovative design and modeling strategies, development and/or functionalization of innovative composite materials, new manufacturing processes and techniques, process instrumentation, characterization techniques, identification of the microstructure/properties link and performance evaluation. The goal is to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and identify pathways for sustainable and high-performance industrial applications.

Prof. Dr. Samir Allaoui
Guest Editor

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