Structural Design and Optimization of Additive Manufacturing Technology
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Additive Manufacturing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 327
Special Issue Editors
Interests: additive manufacturing; solidifiction of metals; semisolid processing; metal casting; metal matrix composites; phase change materials
Interests: metal additive manufacturing; selective laser melting; electron beam melting; directed energy deposition; stainless steel; titanium alloys; metal matrix composites; materials characterization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The ever-increasing need for high performance components is constantly pushing the complexity of the mechanical design and components. This need has been largely addressed by the development of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. While the development of new processes and materials for AM is progressing very rapidly and AM applications are reaching an unprecedented levels in both academia and industry, design strategies for additive manufacturing and structural optimization are lagging behind. In order to fully utilize the advantages of AM and successfully shape the future of this technolgy, product development, design, and structural optimization must be adapted to these new processes. All-inclusive approaches for structural optimization using lightweight strategies such as topology optimization and/or latticing are needed. These approaches reduce the volume in the unloaded regions, enable reductions in the component mass, limit the maximum stress, and consider the restrictions and characteristics as well as the economical and isotropic/anisotropic property considerations of the AM process.
This Special Issue of Metals focuses on Structural Design and Optimization of Additive Manufacturing Technology and its influence on the final products performance and economy. It also outlines the fundamental development trends and most recent advances in the field. We would like to invite all researchers and authorities in this field to contribute their latest research on the subjest. Review artilces are also welcome.
Prof. Dr. Behzad Niroumand
Dr. Abdollah Saboori
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- design for additive manufacturing
- topology optimization
- structural optimization
- lightweight design
- lattice design
- materials characteristics
