Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing in Aerospace
A special issue of Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing (ISSN 2504-4494).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: aerospace structures and engines; materials/coating; airworthiness testing and certification; aeroacoustics and structural dynamics
Interests: electron beam additive manufacturing and welding; laser processing (welding, cladding, direct energy deposition and powder bed fusion for prototyping; manufacturing and repair); process aerospace alloys
Special Issue Information
The need to increase the performance, reduce the life cycle cost, and improve the environmental protection of gas turbine and airframe structural parts are ever increasing for aerospace and defense applications. This is driving high interest in research and development of aerospace metallic materials and their processing using novel 3D printing technologies to enable new designs and/or repairs. However, additive technology adoption in the aerospace industry is just beginning and the focus remains on resolving the key obstacles to widespread commercial/industrial implementation. In this Special Issue of JMMP, the expected contributions (full papers, communications, and reviews) will cover both fundamental and practical aspects of additive manufacturing technology so as to enhance scientific understanding for wider adoption in the aerospace and defense industries. Papers are solicited on (but not be limited to) the following topics in additive manufacturing and 3D printing of metallic materials:
- Advanced Materials
- Architectured Designs
- Process Improvements
- Thermal post-processing
- Surface Modification and Protection
- Non-Destructive Evaluation
- Performance Qualification and Certification
- Modeling and Simulation: Process Digital Twin
- Modeling and Simulation: Performance and Durability Digital Twin
- Scatter/Uncertainties and Statistical Quantification
Dr. Prakash C. Patnaik
Dr. Priti Wanjara
Dr. Javad Gholipour
Guest Editors
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