Lightweight materials and structures have been extensively studied for a wide range of
applications in design and manufacturing of more environment-friendly and more …

Additive manufacturing (AM) represents the present and the future of manufacturing
production, thanks to a new design paradigm that allows the customization of components …

Electron beam heat source has certain advantages in processing some special high-
performance materials because of its high energy efficiency and the ability to use its own …

Optimal buffer allocations can significantly improve system throughput by managing
variability and disruptions in manufacturing or service operations. Organisations can …

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) technology, especially laser powder bed fusion (LPBF),
has received abundant interest from industries and the research community. Process …

Providing a dense powder bed is necessary to ensure the rationality of the final product
prepared by powder bed fusion-based additive manufacturing under broad building …

The elimination of internal macro-defects is a key issue in Ti–6Al–4V alloys fabricated via
powder bed fusion using electron beams (PBF-EB), wherein internal macro-defects mainly …

Texture inheritance, texture weakening, and a complete texture transition within different
solidified molten pool (MP) have been achieved by manipulating various processing …

We investigate the coarsening dynamics of the three-phase eutectic Al-Ag 2 Al-Al 2 Cu at
723 K via in situ transmission X-ray nano-tomography. Unlike previous investigations that …

Deep-shallow compound defects (DSCD) may occur in both single-layer and multi-layer
structures and commit great loss of structural mechanical strength. Their quantification …