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 …

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 …

Metal additive manufacturing is a disruptive technology that is revolutionizing the
manufacturing industry. Despite its unrivaled capability for directly fabricating metal parts …

As important structural materials widely used in aerospace and automotive industries,
aluminum alloys are perfect candidates for development of laser metal additive …

Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is one of the major additive manufacturing techniques that
industries have adopted to produce complex metal components. The scientific and industrial …

Defect formation is a critical challenge for powder-based metal additive manufacturing (AM).
Current understanding on the three important issues including formation mechanism …

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 …

Characterizing melt pool shape and geometry is essential in Metal Additive Manufacturing
(MAM) to control the printing process, and avoid defects. Predicting melt pool flaws based on …

A novel additive manufacturing followed by a hybrid process involving pulsed laser and
tungsten inert gas (TIG) arc was proposed to balance the element vaporization …

Achieving high strength in the precipitation-strengthened Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys produced via
additive manufacturing (AM) remains challenging. This work focused on an innovatively …