Additive Manufacturing of Alloys and Composites (2nd Edition)

Dear Colleagues,

Additive manufacturing (AM, also called 3D printing) has initiated a revolution in the materials manufacturing industry since it was pioneered in 1980s, owing to its outstanding advantages of producing complex and/or customized parts with a short lead time. Nowadays, the application of AM is not limited to fabricating metals such as steels, high-entropy alloys and nonferrous alloys, but also their composites, in order to meet target service requirements. Many microstructures, including hierarchically heterogeneous microstructures, multiphase composites, nanosized precipitates, and dislocation networks, have been widely obtained in additive-manufactured alloys and composites, attracting considerable attention from both academia and industry in recent years. Undoubtedly, novel microstructures have led to unexpected outstanding mechanical properties of AM materials that cannot be achieved by the conventional synthesis process; however, their underlying connections are not fully understood. Therefore, investigation into microstructural evolution and resultant mechanical properties via AM is of great significance to further develop additive-manufactured alloys and composites, even if many challenges remain.

The current Special Issue welcomes original research articles, state-of-the-art reviews, and perspectives on recent developments in additive-manufactured alloys and composites. Suggested contributions may include, but are not limited to:

1. High-performance additive-manufactured alloys and composites;
2. Mechanisms of microstructural evolution in additive-manufactured alloys and composites;
3. Relationships between microstructures and mechanical properties;
4. Numerical simulations of additive-manufactured alloys and composites.

Dr. Lehua Liu
Dr. Haokai Dong
Dr. Haizhou Lu
Dr. Chao Zhao
Guest Editors

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• additive manufacturing
• microstructures
• mechanical properties
• alloys
• composites

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