Advances in Polymeric Additive Manufacturing
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Physics and Theory".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2024) | Viewed by 17506
Special Issue Editors
Interests: multimaterial forming; thermoplastic polymers; metal forging and forming; machine learning; additive manufacturing; biomedical devices; unfilled thermoset polymers
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Interests: fiber reinforced composites; marine biomaterial; multiscale simulation; structural mechanics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymeric additive manufacturing (AM) has become a research topic in which an ever-growing number of scientists and researchers are investing a considerable amount of time and effort aiming to improve and advance both basic knowledge and application capabilities. Thanks to the high degree of freedom granted by processes such as SLA, in terms of designable geometry and employable materials, its applications are vast and interdisciplinary.
However, polymeric materials are intrinsically influenced by the processing environment and the curing conditions, a fact which results in variabilities of the mechanical response and fracture behavior. Understanding the influence between process conditions and the mechanical response of the designed component is essential to bring polymeric AM to the next step in its technological evolution, for a wide and reliable technology transfer to industry.
Hence, this Special Issue aims to enhance our understanding of the influences among materials, processes, and part design for additively manufactured components, especially in terms of their influence on final mechanical performances, such as elastic properties, strength, failure, and fatigue behavior. Contributions dealing with polymers, short fiber-reinforced polymers, long fiber-reinforced polymers, metal composite multi-materials, and biomedical materials-based additive manufacturing are welcome. Both experimental and numerical contributions are invited. Case studies on additive manufacturing applications are also welcome if a clear scientific connection among design, process, and product is established.
Prof. Dr. Luca Quagliato
Prof. Dr. Kai Jin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- addictive manufacturing
- unfilled thermoset polymers
- reinforced plastic additive manufacturing
- continuous fiber additive manufacturing
- deposition strategy
- curing conditions
- anisotropy
- shape design procedures
- topology optimization
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