Additive Manufacturing and Microstructure Characteristics of Metallic Material
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 1634
Special Issue Editors
Interests: multi-material additive manufacturing; hybrid additive manufacturing; titanium alloys; aluminium alloys; nickel superalloys
Interests: aerospace materials; integrated computational materials engineering (ICME); aluminum; magnesium; alloy design; solidification; heat treatment; thermodynamics; kinetics; grain refinement; precipitation
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Interests: selective laser melting; multi-material additive manufacturing; metal matrix composites; fluid mechanics and heat/mass transport in additive manufacturing
Interests: metal matrix composites; fluid mechanics and heat/mass transport in additive manufacturing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
For a given metal fabricated by additive manufacturing (AM), there can be a variety of microstructural features that affect its mechanical and functional properties, including the size of grains, grain boundaries, microsegregation of alloying elements, phases within the metal, size of dendrites, formation of anisotropic and heterogeneous microstructure. During the AM process, the microstructure is formed in situ and would therefore depend largely on the process parameters and material used. The process parameters are dependent on the metal AM method used.
Therefore, this Special Issue aims to appeal to the latest research about the microstructure in metals and alloys fabricated by different AM technologies. Examinations of titanium, aluminium, iron, nickel, cobalt, copper, magnesium, zirconium and their alloys, as well as refractory metals, glass metals, noble metals and high-entropy alloys, are all welcomed. AM technologies focus primarily on powder bed fusion and direct metal deposition, while solid-state processes such as ultrasonic additive manufacturing and cold spray additive manufacturing are also on our radar. Beyond the materials and techniques summarized above, the microstructure characterization of metal AM parts after various post-treatments is also within this scope.
This Special Issue is open to theoretical, computational and experimental studies. We look forward to receiving your contributions to the topic of Additive Manufacturing and Microstructure Characteristics of Metallic Material with original research work, review articles, and short communications.
Dr. Haiyang Fan
Dr. Junsheng Wang
Dr. Qimin Shi
Dr. Kaihao Zhang
Dr. Wei Fan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- metals and alloys
- microstructure
- heat treatments
- mechanical properties