Recent progress on the additive manufacturing of aluminum alloys and aluminum matrix composites: Microstructure, properties, and applications

Z Zhu, Z Hu, HL Seet, T Liu, W Liao… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Whilst the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) of aluminum alloys is relatively slower
compared with that of steels and titanium alloys, it has undergone a flourishing trend in the …

Multi-scale defects in powder-based additively manufactured metals and alloys

J Fu, H Li, X Song, MW Fu - Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Defect formation is a critical challenge for powder-based metal additive manufacturing (AM).
Current understanding on the three important issues including formation mechanism …

Control of grain structure, phases, and defects in additive manufacturing of high-performance metallic components

T Mukherjee, JW Elmer, HL Wei, TJ Lienert… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The properties and serviceability of 3D-printed metal parts depend on a variety of attributes.
These include the chemical composition, phases, morphology, spatial distributions of grain …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution made by double-sized TiC particles addition to the ductility–strength synergy in wire and arc additively manufactured Al–Cu alloys

P **, J Zhou, J Zhou, Y Liu, Q Sun - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract An Al–Cu matrix composite reinforced with uniformly-distributed micron-and nano-
double-sized TiC particles (MNDS-TiC ps) was successfully fabricated using a wire and arc …

Exploiting the rapid solidification potential of laser powder bed fusion in high strength and crack-free Al-Cu-Mg-Mn-Zr alloys

G Li, E Brodu, J Soete, H Wei, T Liu, T Yang, W Liao… - Additive …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work describes a systematic alloy design strategy resulting in the development of a high
strength aluminum alloy adopted for L-PBF. First, based on the composition of a reference Al …

Effect of laser additive manufacturing on the microstructure and mechanical properties of TiB2 reinforced Al-Cu matrix composite

QZ Wang, X Lin, N Kang, XL Wen, Y Cao, JL Lu… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the effect of reinforcements on microstructure evolution and strengthening
mechanism in aluminum matrix is crucial for development of good performance aluminum …

Review on laser directed energy deposited aluminum alloys

TS Liu, P Chen, F Qiu, HY Yang, NTY **… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Lightweight aluminum (Al) alloys have been widely used in frontier fields like aerospace and
automotive industries, which attracts great interest in additive manufacturing (AM) to process …

Influence of erbium addition on the defects of selective laser-melted 7075 aluminium alloy

X Zhang, Z **ao, W Yu, CK Chua, L Zhu… - Virtual and Physical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Selective laser-melted (SLMed) 7075 aluminium alloy is prone to cracking.
Erbium (Er) could modify the aluminium alloys to prevent cracking in traditional …

Laser powder bed fusion of Zr-modified Al–Cu–Mg alloy: Crack-inhibiting, grain refinement, and mechanical properties

Y Wang, X Lin, N Kang, Z Wang, Q Wang, Y Liu… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The application of laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) in conventional high-strength wrought
aluminum alloys is a significant challenge due to its high cracking sensitivity. In this study …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in inoculation treatment for powder-based additive manufacturing of aluminium alloys

Q Tan, M Zhang - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
Powder-based additive manufacturing (AM) is revolutionizing the fabrication of advanced
engineering metallic materials, including aluminium (Al) alloys, which are the workhorse …