Advanced Welding and Additive Manufacturing Processes of Metallic Materials
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 1716
Special Issue Editors
Interests: friction welding; cold spray; fatigue; mechanical property; FEM simulation
Interests: cold spray; laser; brazing; additive manufacturing; large deformation; grain refinement; mechanical property; modeling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Welding and additive manufacturing (AM) are pivotal technologies in modern manufacturing, from engineering structures such as buildings, bridges, and wind farms to machineries such as automobiles, ships, and aircrafts. To serve as driving forces of Industry 4.0, a number of advanced welding and AM processes have been proposed by innovations in energy sources, formation mechanisms, processing history, etc. These advancements in welding and AM can deliver better mechanical properties, higher efficiency, and favorable flexibility, thus contributing to superior structural integrity in manufacturing.
This Special Issue on “Advanced Welding and Additive Manufacturing Processes of Metallic Materials” seeks high quality works that focus on the latest advanced welding and additive manufacturing processes of metallic materials. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Advanced welding / additive manufacturing technologies;
- Welding / additive manufacturing of metallic materials;
- Microstructure characterization and formation mechanism;
- Microstructure–mechanical property relationships;
- Ductile and fatigue damage mechanism;
- Numerical modeling of physical or metallurgical behaviors;
- Destructive/non-destructive characterization;
- Intelligent process monitoring, quality prediction, and control;
- Post welding / additive manufacturing treatment technology;
- Future perspectives for welding and additive manufacturing.
Dr. Yixun Wang
Dr. Qian Wang
Dr. Qiudong Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- welding
- additive manufacturing
- metallic material
- formation mechanism
- microstructure characterization
- mechanical behavior
- fracture
- fatigue
- modeling and simulation
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