New Insights into Additive Manufacturing for Materials and Structures
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 1084
Special Issue Editors
Interests: additive manufacturing; lattice structures; topology optimization; metamaterials
Interests: metamaterials; lattice structures; 3D printing; acoustics; energy absorption; mechanical properties; finite element analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Additive manufacturing (AM) has revolutionized the field of materials and structural engineering, opening up new avenues for innovation and design in many industries. This Special Issue will highlight advanced materials and structures with high performances based on AM. It will also demonstrate the challenges and opportunities related to AM, such as improving material properties, enhancing structural performance, and optimizing process parameters. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Additive manufacturing processes, such as laser powder bed fusion, fused deposition modeling, digital light processing, etc.;
- Advanced materials, such as composite materials, high-entropy alloy, fiber-reinforced polymer, etc.;
- Multifunctional structures, such as porous structures, lattice structures, metamaterials, etc.;
- Multifunctional properties, such as lightweight mechanical properties, sound absorption, energy absorption, thermal conductivity, etc.;
- Advanced design approaches, such as artificial intelligence, multiscale optimization, material–structure–performance integrated design, etc.
Dr. Miao Zhao
Dr. Xinwei Li
Dr. Guang Fu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- laser powder bed fusion
- multiphysics simulation
- lattice structures
- porous structures
- metamaterials
- topology optimization
- multiscale optimization
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