Advances in Manufacturing and Materials: Additive Manufacturing and High-Performance Alloys
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 285
Special Issue Editors
Interests: aluminium alloys; magnesium alloys; metal matrix composites; liquid/solid/semi-solid processing techniques
Interests: additive manufacturing; robotic manufacturing; material-structure–function integrated design
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, additive manufacturing and stirring friction techniques have made significant advances, and they are important processes for manufacturing most aluminium alloys, composites, and other metal parts. Stirring friction is an advanced solid-phase additive manufacturing technology. Compared with the traditional melt-based additive manufacturing technology, it has the advantages of dense additive structure, low material deformation, and high process efficiency and energy saving, and it has broad application prospects in the fields of aerospace equipment manufacturing, transport, machinery manufacturing, and so on. At present, the performance demands of high-end light metal components tend to be extreme, and performance limits are approached by single material or process optimization alone. Therefore, in addition to advanced forming technologies, the development of new high-performance light alloy materials, such as aluminium alloys and metal matrix composites, that match the new technologies is crucial.
This dedicated focus Special Issue aims to publish original research and high-quality review articles that address recent advancements in manufacturing and materials, specifically additive manufacturing and high-performance alloys. The potential topics covered in this focus Special Issue will encompass a wide range, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Recent advances in advanced stirring friction technologies;
(2) Multi-material additive manufacturing technologies;
(3) Applications of artificial intelligence in additive manufacturing;
(4) Solid-state additive manufacturing;
(5) F-SPR/FDS additive manufacturing technology;
(6) Development of aluminium alloys, metal matrix composites, and others;
(7) Liquid/semi-solid metal manufacturing technologies.
Dr. Jianyu Li
Prof. Dr. Jinliang Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- solid-state additive manufacturing
- aluminium alloys
- magnesium alloys
- metal matrix composites
- stirring friction technologies
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