Aluminium Alloys for Additive Manufacturing: Alloy Development, Structures, Properties and Applications
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 3891
Special Issue Editors
Interests: additive manufacturing; physical metallurgy; mcirostructure; mechanical property
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Additive manufacturing offers the unique capability of improving the sustainability of metallic components production by reducing the need for tooling, machining and assembling. The application of aluminium alloys for additive manufacturing has further pushed the high-strength and lightweight limits of this field through innovative structure design and integrated fabrication. However, significant challenges in the areas of alloy processability, mechanical property and available alloys are still associated with this process, which needs to be addressed with further research efforts.
This Special Issue focus on the structures and properties of additively manufactured aluminum alloys. Research efforts in the field of novel alloy development, process optimization, structure, property and applications are all welcome.
Dr. Qingbo Jia
Dr. Xiaopeng Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- aluminium alloys
- alloy development
- micro- and macro-structures
- properties
- applications
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