Fatigue and Fracture of Additive Manufacturing Materials and Components
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanics of Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026 | Viewed by 627
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Interests: mechanical design and analysis; analytical and numerical simulation; fatigue and fracture design
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Dear Colleagues,
Additive manufacturing (AM), recognized for its numerous advantages over subtractive manufacturing, is increasingly regarded as a transformative technology across various industrial sectors and applications. The fatigue and fracture behavior of AM materials is significantly influenced by factors such as defects, residual stresses, heterogeneous microstructures, and surface roughness. In this context, both academia and industry have concentrated their efforts on two main research directions: On the one hand, optimizing manufacturing processes to achieve materials with enhanced fracture and fatigue resistance. On the other hand, developing models to characterize and predict these types of failure, which can serve as design tools for AM components.
In alignment with the above, this Special Issue seeks to compile the latest advancements aimed at improving the mechanical performance of AM materials and components regarding fatigue and fracture failures. Contributions that focus on the optimization of the manufacturing and/or post-processing process from a materials point of view, as well as those that present methods that enable the characterization and prediction of this type of failure from a mechanical design point of view, are welcome. Submissions in the form of review articles, original research papers, and case studies addressing these topics will be accepted.
Dr. Mikel Abasolo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- fatigue
- fracture
- materials
- manufacturing process
- components
- mechanical design
- models
- experimental
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