Modelling, Manufacturing and Characterization of Advanced Functional Graded Materials for Extreme Conditions by Emergent and Digital Technologies
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2027 | Viewed by 29
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced materials; green chemical synthesis; coating technologies; thermal barrier coatings; thermal properties of materials
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Interests: advanced materials; coatings; laser cladding; tribology; thermal barrier coatings; additive manufacturing; composites materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The scope of this Special Issue is to present recent outstanding results and trends for innovative, application-defined and user-driven research, using emergent and digital technologies that supports 3D printing of metallic/ceramic/composite materials and surface coatings as a sustainable and value-added manufacturing process across multiple industry sectors that encounter extreme or hostile working conditions such as high temperature, variable and dynamic stresses, oxidative and/or corrosive environments. Using advanced digital and virtual technologies, computational alloy design and simulation tools, experiments and testing methodologies will enable 3D-printed bulk materials with surface coatings, multi-materials and metamaterials to operate in extreme environments including cryogenic applications, outer space, aerospace propulsion systems, highly corrosive conditions such as the case of chemical, structural nuclear applications, high friction, fatigue and vibration in for aerospace structural components. Bio-inspired advanced metamaterials for lightweight structural components and with improved functionality are also envisaged to be developed and adapted for specific functionalities in various extreme environments.
The importance of new materials with pre-design properties supporting extreme temperatures, corrosion and mechanical stresses is a topic of high interest for many high-tech industrial sectors such as aerospace structures and propulsion systems, last generation of nuclear energy generators, and automotive and industrial equipment. The use of additive manufacturing of components from high-temperature superalloys, ceramics and composites may contribute to a revolution in sustainable development of materials and components for extreme environments. Coatings technologies may offer additional enhancement of surface properties.
The recent advances show the importance of multiscale modelling and simulation methods (from thermodynamic to atomistic and ab initio tools) to predict and develop new materials and components. Experimental validation also requires reliable methodologies to evaluate the mechanical, thermal and corrosion-resistant properties in harsh environments.
This Special Issue will highlight recent developments in the field of modelling, simulation and experimental characterization of 3D-printed metallic, ceramic and composite materials and coatings for extreme environments. The articles presented in this Special Issue will cover various topics, ranging from, but not limited to, the modelling and optimization of 3D printing processes, surface functionalization of 3D-printed materials by different high throughput technologies, bio-inspired advanced metamaterials for lightweight structural components with improved functionality, novel methods to study the thermal, corrosion and mechanical properties, and the use of machine learning and AI for developing new 3D-printed structure and coatings.
Dr. Radu Robert Piticescu
Guest Editor
Dr. Mihail Botan
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- advanced coating technologies
- high temperature alloys
- ultra-high temperature ceramics
- composites for aerospace applications
- bio-inspired metamaterials
- thermal properties
- mechanical properties
- corrosion resistance
- ML and AI application in additive manufacturing
- extreme environments
- nuclear environments
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