Progress in Additive Manufacturing
Scope & Guideline
Unleashing Potential: Your Gateway to Additive Manufacturing Insights.
Introduction
Aims and Scopes
- Innovative Materials for Additive Manufacturing:
Research on new materials, including metals, polymers, and composites, specifically designed for additive manufacturing processes to enhance mechanical properties and application performance. - Process Optimization and Characterization:
Studies focused on optimizing additive manufacturing processes, including laser powder bed fusion, material extrusion, and binder jetting to improve efficiency, reduce defects, and enhance product quality. - Multiscale Modelling and Simulation:
Utilization of numerical models and simulations to predict material behavior, thermal dynamics, and mechanical performance in additive manufacturing, facilitating better design and process control. - Interdisciplinary Applications of Additive Manufacturing:
Exploration of diverse applications of AM technologies in fields such as aerospace, automotive, biomedical, and construction, highlighting innovative use cases and their implications. - Sustainability and Environmental Impact:
Research addressing the sustainability of additive manufacturing processes, including waste reduction, energy consumption, and lifecycle analysis of AM materials and products.
Trending and Emerging
- Integration of Machine Learning and AI in AM:
A growing trend in utilizing machine learning and artificial intelligence to optimize additive manufacturing processes, predict outcomes, and enhance quality control through data-driven approaches. - Advanced Functional Materials:
Increased focus on developing advanced materials, such as composites and biomaterials, specifically engineered for additive manufacturing to meet specific mechanical, thermal, or functional requirements. - 4D Printing and Smart Materials:
Emerging research in 4D printing technologies, which involve materials that can change shape or function over time in response to environmental stimuli, showcasing innovative applications in biomedical and aerospace fields. - Hybrid Manufacturing Techniques:
The rise of hybrid approaches that combine additive manufacturing with traditional manufacturing techniques, allowing for more complex geometries and improved material properties. - Sustainability in Additive Manufacturing:
An increasing emphasis on sustainable practices within additive manufacturing, including recycling of materials, energy-efficient processes, and the environmental impact of AM technologies.
Declining or Waning
- Traditional Manufacturing Comparisons:
Research comparing additive manufacturing techniques to traditional manufacturing methods, which has decreased as the industry increasingly recognizes the unique benefits of AM, reducing the need for direct comparisons. - Basic Additive Manufacturing Techniques:
Studies focusing on fundamental or introductory aspects of additive manufacturing processes have waned, as the field matures and more advanced, specific applications and innovative techniques take precedence. - Non-Specialized Material Studies:
Investigations into generic materials without specific application contexts or advanced modifications are becoming less common, as the focus shifts towards specialized materials that enhance performance for particular applications.
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