3D-Printed Composite Structures: Design, Properties and Application—2nd Edition
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 12
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Interests: 3D printing of continuous fiber composite; mechanics and design of composite structures; multi-scale modeling
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Interests: micro structured metal 3D printing forming; special energy field assisted forming manufacturing process; selective laser melting (SLM)
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Interests: 3D printing of ceramics; direct ink writing (DIW); fused deposition modeling (FDM)
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Composite structures have received widespread attention due to their excellent mechanical properties and lightweight nature. Thus, they show extensive potential applications in automotive, aerospace, and other industries. However, the production of complicated composite structures is still limited by traditional manufacturing methods, which also require expensive equipment and complex preparation process. Three-dimensional printing, also known as additive manufacturing, provides solutions for the rapid manufacturing of complex composite structures with integrated forming. Therefore, the development of 3D printing technology has stimulated advanced design, improvements in mechanical properties, and wider applications of composite structures.
This Special Issue of Materials, entitled “3D-Printed Composite Structures: Design, Properties and Application—2nd Edition”, aims to present the latest advances related to 3D-printed composite structures in terms of the use of polymers, geopolymers, multi-material metals, ceramics, short fibers, continuous fibers, hybrid fibers, etc. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research may address (but is not limited to) the following are:
- Material characterization for 3D-printing (e.g., polymer, geopolymer, metal, ceramics, short-fiber-reinforced composite, continuous-fiber-reinforced composite, hybrid-fiber reinforced composite, etc.);
- Advanced pre-processing and post-processing technology for 3D-printing (e.g., heat treatment, surface treatment, hot pressing, prepreg treatment, etc.);
- Structural design (e.g., porous structure, honeycomb, lattice, auxetic structure, topology-optimized structure, bio-inspired structure, etc.);
- Mechanical properties (e.g., tensile, compressive, bending, impact, vibration, heat transfer, etc.);
- 3D printing process and trajectory planning;
- 3D-printing mechanism and theoretical modeling.
Prof. Dr. Hongyong Jiang
Prof. Dr. Guangchao Han
Dr. Fuchu Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- 3D printing/additive manufacturing
- composite structure
- 3D printing processing
- strustural design
- mechanical property
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