Advances in Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing of Metals and Alloys
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2024) | Viewed by 296
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metal additive manufacturing
Interests: metal additive manufacturing; laser surface engineering; heat treatment; investment casting
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metal laser-based additive manufacturing technology, including the powder bed process and direct energy deposition process, has received much attention around the world in the last 30 years, and has gained significant technology maturity improvement and extensive application in industries like the aerospace and aviation field. In addition to the manufacturing advantages of high material utilization rate and low production cycle and cost, laser-based additive manufacturing has the unique advantage of fabricating metal alloys with ultrafine structure and superior mechanical properties due to the rapid solidification process of small melting pool. The recent hot development trend is to design and invent new metal alloys with better formability or properties, especially for additive manufacturing technology.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of recent advances in Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing of Metals and Alloys. The topics of the Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following items:
- Process, microstructure and properties optimization of laser additive manufacturing.
- New metal alloys designed for laser additive manufacturing.
- Minor alloying or modified alloys for laser additive manufacturing.
- Special microstructure, superior properties or mechanical behaviors of laser additive manufacturing alloys.
- Gradient structural materials manufactured by laser additive manufacturing.
It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, short communications, as well as reviews would be greatly appreciated.
Dr. Yan-Yan Zhu
Dr. Xu Cheng
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- metal and alloys
- selective laser melting
- laser-directed energy deposition
- additive manufacturing
- microstructure
- mechanical properties
- alloy designing
