Advanced Manufacturing Technologies for Novel Microstructures and Components Shapes

Dear Colleagues,

The manufacturing process, and the material used, creates the capability to produce a functional shape. The interplay between the processing conditions and the materials chemistry will, together, give the material its properties. This will, in some cases, result in homogeneous properties and, sometimes, in textures or directional properties, in addition to local variations of the properties, as the actual processing conditions may vary with the part geometry. New processes, such as Rheocasting, offer cost-effective routes for mass production of complex shapes, representing one end of the manufacturing field. On the other end, we have Hot Isostatic Pressing and Additive manufacturing, capable of short series production and offering a great design freedom. Accordingly, this Special Issue aims to publish papers in the area of manufacturing processes capable of offering design freedom in terms of shape, such as, metals casting, semisolid forming, powder metallurgy, single point incremental sheet metal forming and additive manufacturing. This Special Issue is limited to metallic material, but metal-based composites and nanocomposites are welcome. Particular attention should be given to the interplay between the processing conditions and the actual material properties of the component manufactured, including local variations. The properties include both mechanical properties and thermos-physical properties to encompass all functional properties contribution to the manufactured component performance.

Prof. Dr. Anders E. W. Jarfors
Guest Editor

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