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Multi-Objective Optimization in 3D Floorplanning

  • Zhongjie Jiang,
  • Zhiqiang Li and
  • Zhenjie Yao

Three-dimensional integrated circuits can significantly mitigate the challenges posed by shrinking feature sizes and enable heterogeneous integration. This paper focuses on the 3D floorplanning problem. We formulate it as a multi-objective optimizati...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,237 Views
28 Pages

2 September 2025

A method to characterize the mechanical properties of cellular materials manufactured using 3D printing, specifically employing the fused deposition modeling (FDM) technique, is developed. Numerical simulations, virtual testing, and optimization base...

(This article belongs to the Section Biomimetics of Materials and Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,552 Views
22 Pages

13 December 2021

Aviation contribution to global warming and anthropogenic climate change is increasing every year. To reverse this trend, it is crucial to identify greener alternatives to current aviation technologies and paradigms. Research in aircraft operations c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Aerospace Guidance, Navigation and Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,883 Views
32 Pages

26 March 2025

This study addresses the realistic constrained multi-objective optimization problem of police patrols by constructing a mathematical model tailored to the actual operational context of police patrols in China. To solve this problem, a modified PPS-MO...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,420 Views
24 Pages

15 January 2026

Three-dimensional multi-object tracking (3D MOT) plays a vital role in enabling reliable perception for LiDAR-based autonomous systems. However, LiDAR measurements often exhibit sparsity, occlusion, and sensor noise that lead to uncertainty and insta...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in LiDAR Sensing Technology for Autonomous Vehicles)
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  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,822 Views
15 Pages

20 January 2023

The optimal power flow (OPF) is an important tool for the secure and economic operation of the power system. It attracts many researchers to pay close attention. Many algorithms are used to solve the OPF problem. The decomposition-based multi-objecti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Technologies and Processes for Advanced Nuclear Power and Energy Engineering)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,496 Views
16 Pages

26 February 2025

This study investigates how various 3D printing parameters influence mechanical properties, specifically strength in compression and low-velocity impact (LVI) tests, and identifies the best printing parameters (layer thickness, nozzle diameter, and i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 3D Printing of Polymer Materials: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,690 Views
18 Pages

26 March 2025

Mobile drip irrigation (MDI) systems integrate the technological advantages of center-pivot irrigation (CPI) systems and drip irrigation systems, boasting a high water-saving potential. To further enhance water use efficiency in alfalfa production in...

(This article belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)
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  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,435 Views
16 Pages

29 September 2021

This paper considered the constrained unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) path planning problem as the multi-objective optimization problem, in which both costs and constraints are treated as the objective functions. A novel multi-objective particle swarm...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Control and Robotic System in Path Planning)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,295 Views
15 Pages

11 March 2019

In the real word, optimization problems in multi-objective optimization (MOP) and dynamic optimization can be seen everywhere. During the last decade, among various swarm intelligence algorithms for multi-objective optimization problems, glowworm swa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nature Inspired Optimization Algorithms Recent Advances and Applications)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
8,220 Views
23 Pages

26 July 2017

MOEA/D is a promising multi-objective evolutionary algorithm based on decomposition, and it has been used to solve many multi-objective optimization problems very well. However, there is a class of multi-objective problems, called many-objective opti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Evolutionary Computation for Multiobjective Optimization)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
487 Views
44 Pages

Solving the 3D UAV Path Planning Problem Using an Improved Multi-Leader Multi-Objective Whale Optimization Algorithm

  • Binbin Tu,
  • Jiawei Bao,
  • Haoyuan Zhou,
  • Yan Huo and ,
  • Xiaowei Han and
  • Nanmu Hui
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

UAV path planning in complex static 3D environments involves multiple conflicting objectives and intricate constraints. However, when applied to highly constrained path planning tasks, MOWOA often suffers from a low proportion of feasible solutions,...

(This article belongs to the Section Biomimetic Design, Constructions and Devices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,874 Views
17 Pages

Efficient Microwave Filter Design by a Surrogate-Model-Assisted Decomposition-Based Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm

  • Yongfeng Wei,
  • Guangfei Qi,
  • Yanxing Wang,
  • Ningchaoran Yan and ,
  • Yongliang Zhang and
  • Linping Feng
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

14 October 2022

As a crucial frequency selection device in modern communication systems, the microwave filter plays an increasingly prominent role. There is a great demand for the multi-objective design of microwave filters. The filter’s performance affects th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Computational Electromagnetics Techniques and Artificial Intelligence in the Engineering)
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  • Open Access
25 Citations
7,244 Views
15 Pages

29 October 2018

Due to the uneven distribution of water resources in time and space, the problem of water shortage has become increasingly serious in some areas. To optimize use of water resources, it is urgent to establish multi-objective models and apply effective...

(This article belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,079 Views
33 Pages

An Improved MOEA/D with an Auction-Based Matching Mechanism

  • Guangjian Li,
  • Mingfa Zheng,
  • Guangjun He,
  • Yu Mei and ,
  • Gaoji Sun and
  • Haitao Zhong
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

20 September 2024

Multi-objective optimization problems (MOPs) constitute a vital component in the field of mathematical optimization and operations research. The multi-objective evolutionary algorithm based on decomposition (MOEA/D) decomposes a MOP into a set of sin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Optimizations and Operations Research)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,939 Views
20 Pages

6 July 2022

Circular ground-based SAR (GBSAR) is a new 3D imaging GBSAR with the potential of acquiring high-quality 3D SAR images and 3D deformation. However, its donut-shaped spectrum and short radius of antenna rotation cause high sidelobes on 3D curved surfa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in SAR Image Processing and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,108 Views
25 Pages

Automatic Column Grouping of 3D Steel Frames via Multi-Objective Structural Optimization

  • Cláudio Resende,
  • Luiz Fernando Martha,
  • Afonso Lemonge,
  • Patricia Hallak and ,
  • José Carvalho and
  • Júlia Motta
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

11 January 2024

Formulations of structural optimization problems are proposed in this paper to automatically find the best grouping of columns in 3D steel buildings. In these formulations, the conflicting objective functions, minimized simultaneously, are the weight...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,814 Views
17 Pages

A Multi-Objective Bio-Inspired Optimization for Voice Disorders Detection: A Comparative Study

  • Maria Habib,
  • Victor Vicente-Palacios and
  • Pablo García-Sánchez

4 June 2025

As early detection of voice disorders can significantly improve patients’ situation, the automated detection using Artificial Intelligence techniques can be crucial in various applications in this scope. This paper introduces a multi-objective...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Swarm Intelligence and Evolutionary Algorithms for Real World Applications)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,142 Views
16 Pages

Optimal Designs for Antoine’s Equation: Compound Criteria and Multi-Objective Designs via Genetic Algorithms

  • Carlos de la Calle-Arroyo,
  • Miguel A. González-Fernández and
  • Licesio J. Rodríguez-Aragón

30 January 2023

Antoine’s Equation is commonly used to explain the relationship between vapour pressure and temperature for substances of industrial interest. This paper sets out a combined strategy to obtain optimal designs for the Antoine Equation for D- and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimal Experimental Design and Statistical Modeling)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,632 Views
25 Pages

Research on Optimization of Valley-Filling Charging for Vehicle Network System Based on Multi-Objective Optimization

  • Lingling Hu,
  • Junming Zhou,
  • Feng Jiang,
  • Guangming Xie and ,
  • Jie Hu and
  • Qinglie Mo
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

20 December 2023

Many electric vehicles connected to the grid will lead to problems such as poor stability of power grid generation. The key to solving these problems is to propose an efficient, stable, and economical valley-filling charging scheme for electric vehic...

(This article belongs to the Topic Emerging Trends in Electric Vehicles, Smart Grids and Smart Cities)
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  • Open Access
32 Citations
9,208 Views
22 Pages

3 January 2019

Although additive manufacturing (AM) offers great potential to revolutionize modern manufacturing, its layer-by-layer process results in a staircase-like rough surface profile of the printed part, which degrades dimensional accuracy and often leads t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Micro/Nano Manufacturing)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,336 Views
18 Pages

15 November 2021

Virtual pruning of simulated fruit tree models is a useful functionality provided by software tools for computer-aided horticultural education and research. It also enables algorithmic pruning optimization with respect to a set of quantitative object...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetic Programming, Theory, Methods and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,491 Views
18 Pages

KlyH: 1D Disk Model-Based Large-Signal Simulation Software for Klystrons

  • Hezhang Zhao,
  • Hu He,
  • Shifeng Li,
  • Hua Huang and ,
  • Zhengbang Liu,
  • Limin Sun,
  • Ke He and
  • Dongwenlong Wu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

This paper presents KlyH, a new 1D (one-dimensional) large-signal simulation software for klystrons, designed to deliver efficient and accurate simulation and optimization tools. KlyH integrates a Fortran-based dynamic link library (DLL) as its compu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,210 Views
16 Pages

A Hybrid Fuzzy-PSO Framework for Multi-Objective Optimization of Stereolithography Process Parameters

  • Mohanned M. H. AL-Khafaji,
  • Abdulkader Ali Abdulkader Kadauw,
  • Mustafa Mohammed Abdulrazaq,
  • Hussein M. H. Al-Khafaji and
  • Henning Zeidler

26 October 2025

Additive manufacturing is driving a significant change in industry, extending beyond prototyping to the inclusion of printed parts in final designs. Stereolithography (SLA) is a polymerization technique valued for producing highly detailed parts with...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Micro Manufacturing Technologies and Applications, 3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,265 Views
23 Pages

A multi-objective evolutionary algorithm based on decomposition (MOEA/D) serves as a robust framework for addressing multi-objective optimization problems (MOPs). However, it is widely recognized that the applicability of a fixed offspring-generating...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bio-Inspired Optimization Algorithms and Designs for Engineering Applications)
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  • Open Access
300 Views
28 Pages

An Improved MOEA/D Algorithm for Multi-Objective Green Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem

  • Tingxi Wen,
  • Hanxiao Jiang,
  • Xinwen Chen,
  • Minyu Zheng and ,
  • Jinshui Wang and
  • Jianfei Xu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

1 October 2026

To address the trade-off between production efficiency and sustainable manufacturing, this study investigates the green flexible job shop scheduling problem (GFJSP) by simultaneously minimizing makespan and total energy consumption. An improved decom...

(This article belongs to the Section AI-Enabled Process Engineering)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,643 Views
23 Pages

A Decomposition-Based Multi-Objective Flying Foxes Optimization Algorithm and Its Applications

  • Chen Zhang,
  • Ziyun Song,
  • Yufei Yang,
  • Changsheng Zhang and
  • Ying Guo

The flying foxes optimization (FFO) algorithm stimulated by the strategy used by flying foxes for subsistence in heat wave environments has shown good performance in the single-objective domain. Aiming to explore the effectiveness and benefits of the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bio-Inspired Optimization Algorithms and Designs for Engineering Applications: 2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
154 Views
26 Pages

23 October 2026

Three-dimensional wireless sensor networks (3D WSNs) often face low coverage, uneven node distribution, and obstacle interference in real monitoring scenarios. To solve these problems, the multi-objective coverage optimization problem is first conver...

(This article belongs to the Section Evolutionary Algorithms and Machine Learning)
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  • Open Access
439 Views
15 Pages

Accelerated Discovery of 3D Printing Calcium Sulphoaluminate Cement Composites Using Data-Driven Multi-Objective Optimization

  • Yan Liu,
  • Qichang Fan,
  • Yuanyuan Zheng,
  • Dan Meng and ,
  • Zhen Zhao,
  • Shibo Wang and
  • Longhao Gu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

3 July 2026

Additive manufacturing enables the fabrication of complex geometries and structures that are difficult to attain by conventional methods. However, many printable materials exhibit inherent trade-offs among their performance properties. Traditional ma...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in 3D Concrete Printing: Design, Materials and Construction)
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  • Open Access
32 Citations
5,841 Views
22 Pages

7 August 2023

This paper proposes a multi-criteria decision-making approach for the multimodal routing problem (MRP) of bulk transportation in Thailand to minimize the total cost, transportation time, and total carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2e) emissions simultaneo...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,771 Views
21 Pages

26 February 2023

This paper presents a multi-objective design optimization of a power transformer to find the optimal geometry of its core and the low- and high-voltage windings, representing the minimum power losses and the minimum core and copper weights. The optim...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Electromagnetic Analysis and Design of Electrical Machines and Devices)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,423 Views
27 Pages

11 October 2024

This paper addresses the green permutation flow shop scheduling problem (GPFSP) with energy consumption consideration, aiming to minimize the maximum completion time and total energy consumption as optimization objectives, and proposes a new method t...

(This article belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,572 Views
18 Pages

13 September 2024

The study of the flexible job shop scheduling problem (FJSP) is of great importance in the context of green manufacturing. In this paper, with the optimization objectives of minimizing the maximum completion time and the total machine energy consumpt...

(This article belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,278 Views
16 Pages

14 November 2017

This paper presents an improved mesh storage tank structure obtained using 3D metal printing. The storage tank structure is optimized using a multi-objective uniform design method. Each parameter influencing the storage tank is considered as the opti...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,006 Views
26 Pages

Multi-Class Classifier in Parkinson’s Disease Using an Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithm

  • Ignacio Rojas-Valenzuela,
  • Olga Valenzuela,
  • Elvira Delgado-Marquez and
  • Fernando Rojas

16 March 2022

In this contribution, a novel methodology for multi-class classification in the field of Parkinson’s disease is proposed. The methodology is structured in two phases. In a first phase, the most relevant volumes of interest (VOI) of the brain ar...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,104 Views
24 Pages

11 July 2023

Accurate localization is a critical task in underwater navigation. Typical localization methods use a set of acoustic sensors and beacons to estimate relative position, whose geometric configuration has a significant impact on the localization accura...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)
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  • Open Access
807 Views
23 Pages

A Configuration Optimization Method Based on Decoupled Recursive Strategy for Distributed UAV SAR 3D Imaging System

  • Chaodong Wang,
  • Die Hu,
  • Zhongyu Li,
  • Hongyang An and ,
  • Zhichao Sun,
  • Junjie Wu and
  • Jianyu Yang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

17 February 2026

Compared with conventional synthetic aperture radar (SAR) three-dimensional (3D) imaging systems, distributed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) SAR systems offer enhanced flexibility and single-pass capability, enabling rapid 3D imaging. Their performanc...

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,020 Views
22 Pages

Evaluation of Cloud 3D Printing Order Task Execution Based on the AHP-TOPSIS Optimal Set Algorithm and the Baldwin Effect

  • Chenglei Zhang,
  • Cunshan Zhang,
  • Jiaojiao Zhuang,
  • Hu Han and ,
  • Bo Yuan,
  • Jiajia Liu,
  • Kang Yang,
  • Shenle Zhuang and
  • Ronglan Li
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

Focusing on service control factors, rapid changes in manufacturing environments, the difficulty of resource allocation evaluation, resource optimization for 3D printing services (3DPSs) in cloud manufacturing environments, and so on, an indicator ev...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Biology and Biomedicine)
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  • Open Access
1,281 Views
26 Pages

Multi-Objective Optimization for Through-Silicon via Structure Considering Thermomechanical Reliability and Electrical Performance

  • Siyi Chen,
  • Wanlu Hu,
  • Song Xue,
  • Qiongfang Zhang and ,
  • Jinyang Mu,
  • Shaoyi Liu,
  • Wenzhi Wu,
  • Dongchao Diwu and
  • Congsi Wang
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

The rapid advancement of high-performance computing has spurred growing demand for miniaturized, high-density, high-power, and highly reliable electronic packaging. Through-silicon via (TSV), as a pivotal technology enabling high-density integrated p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue High-Reliability Semiconductor Devices and Integrated Circuits, 4th Edition)
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  • Open Access
320 Views
20 Pages

1 October 2026

Coordinated maintenance at dry bulk terminals requires balancing maintenance execution with the stability of available operating capacity. This study formulates a bi-objective scheduling model that maximizes maintenance-duration workload and minimize...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design Sensitivity Analysis and Engineering Optimization, 2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
245 Views
23 Pages

Fast-charging protocols for lithium-ion batteries are constrained by spatial thermal accumulation and hardware limitations. While high-fidelity 3D electro-thermal models capture critical localized hotspots, their prohibitive computational latency fun...

(This article belongs to the Section Storage Systems)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,833 Views
26 Pages

Advanced Optimization of Clonazepam-Loaded Solid Self-Emulsifying Drug Delivery Systems: Comparison of Weighted Goal Programming and Desirability Function in a Quality by Design Framework

  • María Luisa González-Rodríguez,
  • Sonia Valverde-Cabeza,
  • Enrique Pérez-Terrón,
  • Antonio María Rabasco and
  • Pedro Luis González-Rodriguez

Background/Objectives: Clonazepam (CLZ), a BCS Class II drug, presents significant oral delivery challenges due to its low aqueous solubility. This study explores the systematic development of solid self-emulsifying drug delivery systems (S-SEDDS) us...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Oral and Topical Drug Delivery Systems: Formulation Design, Optimization and Quality Control)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,116 Views
18 Pages

21 September 2020

The secure full-duplex (FD) simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) system and non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) have been deemed two promising technologies for the next generation of wireless communication. In this paper, th...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
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  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,901 Views
15 Pages

24 February 2023

Airspace sectorization is a powerful means to balance the increasing air traffic flow and limited airspace resources, which is related to the efficiency and safety of operations. In order to divide sectors reasonably, a multi-objective optimization f...

(This article belongs to the Collection Air Transportation—Operations and Management)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,882 Views
21 Pages

21 December 2024

With the improvement of people’s living standards, the issue of dietary health has received extensive attention. In order to simultaneously meet people’s demands for dietary preferences and nutritional balance, we have conducted research...

(This article belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
13,009 Views
23 Pages

A cryptocurrency is a non-centralized form of money that facilitates financial transactions using cryptographic processes. It can be thought of as a virtual currency or a payment mechanism for sending and receiving money online. Cryptocurrencies have...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applied Data Science for Social Good)
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  • Open Access
735 Views
31 Pages

Prediction of fatigue failure in concrete structures remains a major challenge due to progressive material degradation. Reliable prediction, therefore, requires modeling the 3D heterogeneous microstructure of concrete to explain the underlying mechan...

(This article belongs to the Section Computational Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
4,154 Views
15 Pages

This work deals with the experimental investigation and multi-objective optimization of mean kerf angle (A) and mean surface roughness (Ra) in laser cutting (LC) fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D-printed (3DP), 4 mm-thick polylactic acid (PLA) plat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Laser-Based Manufacturing II)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,080 Views
23 Pages

13 February 2026

This study investigates the influence of layer height, infill density, and the number of perimeters on the FDM 3D printing performance of PLA, a biodegradable and renewable biopolymer. The primary objective is to identify parameter settings that simu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modelling and Simulation of Mechanical Properties for Additive Manufacturing Material)
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  • Open Access
28 Citations
6,182 Views
19 Pages

Polyether ether ketone (PEEK) is a high-performance thermoplastic widely used in aerospace, automotive, and medical applications due to its exceptional strength, heat resistance, and chemical stability. However, warpage and mechanical property variat...

(This article belongs to the Section Composites Applications)

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