Future Prospects of Additive Manufacturing, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Manufacturing has always been an industry driven by innovation and technological evolution. In the last four decades, additive manufacturing has revolutionized the manufacturing industry by the rapid prototyping of geometrically complex parts without costly tooling or long lead times. Today, it is fair to say that understanding the future of additive manufacturing is key to getting to grips with the latest trends in manufacturing.

This Special Issue aims to explore the prospects of various additive manufacturing techniques, as well as their innovative applications in aerospace, marine, automobile, healthcare, sustainability, and more. The main focus is on novel techniques and materials for additive manufacturing, microstructure evolution, and the properties of additively manufactured components, process optimization, machine learning assistance, online monitoring and feedback, multi-scale and multi-physics simulations, topology optimization, industrial-scale additive manufacturing, etc. We look forward to receiving your contributions to this Special Issue entitled “Future Prospects of Additive Manufacturing, 2nd Edition” with original research work, review articles, and short communications.

Prof. Dr. Haiyang Fan
Dr. Jincheng Wang
Dr. Youqing Sun
Guest Editors

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