Green design and manufacturing strategies are necessary to cope with the current resource, energy, and environmental problems of the manufacturing industry. To meet various enterprises’ needs for green design and manufacturing, colleges and uni...
Metal additive-manufacturing technologies enable the production of complex geometries. However, high manufacturing costs hinder these technologies being employed in some industries. In this sense, a hybrid strategy is presented in this paper, to achi...
The simulation of additive manufacturing processes, such as Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM), is becoming increasingly important to predict material and component properties in advance of the real-life manufacturing. In contrast to prior work f...
In this study, a methodology was developed for ranking manufacturing technologies of removable complete dentures (RCDs) according to the results of their full-scale mechanical tests. The actuality of the study is motivated by establishing the advanta...
To address the sustainability challenges faced by the machinery manufacturing industry, this study establishes an emergy-based evaluation framework that integrates four dimensions—economic, social, ecological, and sustainability—to compre...
Soft biological tissues display highly nonlinear and anisotropic mechanical behavior, which is critical to their physiological function. Replicating these mechanical properties using engineered materials and additive manufacturing represents a signif...
This research investigates the tensile strength and microstructural properties of stainless steel 316L, comparing samples fabricated using additive manufacturing (AM) to those produced via conventional manufacturing techniques such as forging and cas...
Inconel 625 is a nickel-based superalloy widely used in industries such as energy, space, and defence, due to its strength and corrosion resistance. It is traditionally time- and resource-intensive to machine, leading to increased environmental impac...
In the present investigation, the mechanical properties of natural polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK), processed by additive manufacturing applying fused deposition modeling (FDM) with three different infill densities, are investigated. Mechanical charact...
Lattice structures show advantages in mechanical properties and energy absorption efficiency owing to their lightweight, high strength and adjustable geometry. This article reviews lattice structure classification, design and applications, especially...
This study investigates the microstructure and mechanical properties of Inconel 718, a nickel-based alloy, reinforced with ceramic phases via additive manufacturing. Two reinforcement strategies were explored: in situ formation of ceramic phases thro...
The assessment of the extent of degradation of polymer molecules during processing via conventional (e.g., extrusion and injection molding) and emerging (e.g., additive manufacturing; AM) techniques is important for both the final polymer material pe...
Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing (MEAM) is a novel technology to produce polymeric, metallic, and ceramic complex components. Filaments composed of a high-volume content of metal powder and a suitable binder system are needed to obtain metal...
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is gaining importance as an alternative and complementary technology to conventional manufacturing processes. Among AM technologies, the Atomic Diffusion Additive Manufacturing (ADAM) technology is a novel extrusion-based...
This study aims to develop a library of Cu-CuAl material compositions and evaluate their mechanical properties. Various compositions are fabricated using Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) with GMAW and GTAW processes. The produced materials are...
Modelling and simulation are very important for revealing the relationship between process parameters and internal variables like grain morphology in solidification, precipitate evolution, and solid-state phase transformation in laser additive manufa...
The structure of energy rotor components includes different structural materials in the sections, which are subjected to varying levels of thermal loading. The first component section has to include a precipitation-hardened nickel-based alloy, while...
While crystal-inspired design has become a promising strategy for developing advanced mechanical metamaterials, the specific role of individual grain boundary interfaces on the macroscopic mechanical properties has remained unclear. This study aims t...
Additive manufacturing methods can constitute a valuable alternative to conventional production techniques for components used in the heavy industry, particularly in foundry applications. This innovative manufacturing approach enables an expanded pro...
Polymeric blends are employed in the production of filaments for additive manufacturing to balance mechanical and processability properties. The mechanical and thermal properties of polymeric filaments made of poly (lactic acid) (PLA), polyhydroxyalk...
Predicting the mechanical properties of Additive Manufacturing (AM) parts is a complex task due to the intricate nature of the manufacturing processes. This study presents a novel application of the Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) to pr...
Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology has unique advantages in producing complex joints in architecturally exposed steel structures. This article focuses on the process of manufacturing and investigating the mechanical properties of a reduced scale...
This paper focuses on the internal honeycomb structure of flexible skins for morphing aircraft, specifically targeting a unique concave honeycomb structure. By selecting specific honeycomb cells and simplifying their cell walls to beams, the equivale...
Wire-based metal additive manufacturing utilizes the ability of additive manufacturing to fabricate complex geometries with high deposition rates (above 7 kg/h), thus finding applications in the fabrication of large-scale components, such as stamping...
Nowadays, 3D printers, which have a wide range of applications, continue to become widespread and are more and more common. As a result, in addition to the visuality of the parts produced with this method, their mechanical properties have gained impo...
This study investigates the effectiveness of a virtual reality (VR) simulation for teaching the hand lay-up process in composite manufacturing within mechanical engineering education. A within-subjects experiment involving 17 undergraduate mechanical...
Polymer-infiltrated ceramic network (PICN) materials have gained considerable attention as tooth-restorative materials due to their mechanical compatibility with human teeth, especially with computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD...
The mechanical response of steel auxetic structures manufactured using laser-powder bed fusion was explored. The level of control exerted by the key design parameters of vertical strut length (H), re-entrant strut length (L), strut thickness (t) and...
This paper presents a study on the tensile properties of Alumide and polyamide PA2200 standard samples produced by Additive manufacturing (AM) based on selective laser sintering (SLS). Because of the orthogonal trajectories of the laser beam during e...
The tailored thermal heat-treatment process for Ti-6Al-4V alloy manufactured by laser–arc hybrid additive manufacturing can achieve desired microstructures and excellent mechanical properties for components. The effects of different heat treatm...
In this paper, large space structures are essential components of significant equipment in orbits, such as megawatt-class solar power plants and long baseline interferometry. However, to realize the in-space fabrication of such megastructures, the pr...
In recent years, additive manufacturing of products made from 5000 series alloys has grown in popularity for marine and automotive applications. At the same time, little research has been aimed at determining the permissible load ranges and areas of...
Additive manufacturing (AM) of ceramics has rapidly evolved over the past decade, enabling the production of complex, high-precision components with tailored porosity and geometry. Among AM techniques, stereolithography (SLA) and digital light proces...
In the laser powder bed fusion processes for metal additive manufacturing, a support structure is needed to fix the part to the base plate and to support overhanging regions. Currently the importance of support structure for a successful build proces...
Additive manufacturing technologies based on metal melting use materials mainly in powder or wire form. This study focuses on developing a metal 3D printing process based on cold metal transfer (CMT) welding technology, in order to achieve enhanced p...
Metal additive manufacturing is a powerful tool for providing the desired functional performance through a three-dimensional (3D) structural design. Among the material functions, anisotropic mechanical properties are indispensable for enabling the ca...
The IN738LC Ni-based superalloy strengthened by the coherent γ′-Ni3(Al,Ti) intermetallic compound is one of the most employed blade materials in gas turbine engines and IN738LC thin wall components without macro-cracks were fabricated by...
Although polylactic acid (PLA) is one of the most used materials in additive manufacturing, its mechanical properties are quite limiting for its practical application, therefore, to improve these properties it is frequent to add fibers and, in this w...
The directed energy deposition (DED) process can be employed to build net shape components or prototypes starting from powder or wires, through a layer-by-layer process. This process provides an opportunity to fabricate complex shaped and functionall...
The aim of this study is to compare the mechanical properties of three different dental restorations’ manufacturing processes (CADCAM milling, casting and laser sintering) generated by only one laboratory scanner focusing on marginal fit analys...
This work is devoted to the research of porous titanium alloy structures suitable for use in biomedical applications. Mechanical properties were examined on six series of samples with different structures and porosity via static compressive test to i...
As a metal additive manufacturing process, laser cladding (LC) is employed as a novel and beneficial repair technology for damaged steel structures. This study employed LC technology with 316 L stainless steel powder to repair locally corroded steel...
Three CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloys (HEAs) were produced by vacuum induction melting, induction melting under inert gas atmosphere, and melting under inert gas atmosphere followed by air exposure, respectively. The different manufacturing conditions...
The mechanical properties of resin samples in low-force stereolithography additive manufacturing were affected by the printing orientation, and were investigated and optimized to achieve excellent single or comprehensive tensile strength, compressive...
Additive manufacturing (AM) is an attractive technology for the manufacturing industry due to flexibility in its design and functionality, but inconsistency in quality is one of the major limitations preventing utilizing this technology for the produ...
Cobalt-chromium (Co-Cr) alloy is a widely used base material for dental fixed prostheses. These restorations can be produced through casting technique, subtractive or additive manufacturing technologies. However, limited information is available rega...
Wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) is a novel technique for fabricating large and complex components applied in the manufacturing industry. In this study, a low-carbon high-strength steel component deposited by WAAM for use in ship building w...
Hot corrosion is one of the crucial failure modes of Ni-based superalloy components operating at high temperatures, which inevitably affects the subsequent mechanical properties of the alloys. In this research, damaged Inconel 718 alloy components wi...
Recent advances in hybrid-manufactured steel components have provided more geometrical freedom for the manufacturing of parts with desired properties. The wrought-wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) components using different shielding gases were...
Aluminum–magnesium (Al–Mg) alloys, known for their lightweight properties, are extensively utilized and crucial in the advancement of wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) for direct high-quality printing—a focal point in addit...
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