Design and Application of Additive Manufacturing: 4th Edition
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026 | Viewed by 1192
Special Issue Editor
Interests: manufacturing processes; additive manufacturing; design optimization; finite element analysis; biomaterials and natural fibre applications; additive manufacturing for tissue engineering applications
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Dear Colleagues,
The success of our previous three volumes of the Special Issue “Design and Application of Additive Manufacturing” underlines that the issues of additive manufacturing are still open and require further research. This fact has encouraged us to create a fourth Special Issue under the same title that will further present State-of-the-Art advances in additive manufacturing (AM).
Additive manufacturing (AM) is continuously improving and offering innovative alternatives to conventional manufacturing techniques. The advantages of AM, such as design freedom and low-cost production for short series and prototyping, can be exploited in different sectors by replacing or complementing traditional manufacturing methods. For this to happen, the combination of design, materials, and technology must be deeply analyzed for every specific application. Despite the continuous progress of AM, there is still a need for further investigation in terms of the design, materials, and applications to boost AM implementation in the manufacturing industry as well as other sectors, especially in those where short and personalized series productions could be useful (e.g., the medical sector). This Special Issue aims to publish high-level research articles involving the design, materials, and applications of AM, including innovative design approaches where AM is applied to improve the currently used techniques; design and modelling methodologies for specific AM applications; design optimization (also driven by numerical methods such as finite element analysis) for pioneering uses of AM; innovative design and applications of functionally graded additive manufacturing and 4D printing; the combination of design, materials, and AM for advanced tissue engineering applications and biosensors; the development of synthetic models for the medical sector, taking advantage of AM capabilities; and the application of more sustainable materials in AM, etc. The proposals must focus on the application of AM, including the design methodologies used and the experimental characterizations needed according to the specific materials and requirements of the intended applications.
Prof. Dr. Rubén Paz
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- innovative applications
- design
- materials
- simulation
- optimization
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