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 …

A comprehensive overview of additive manufacturing aluminum alloys: classifications, structures, properties and defects elimination

X Yang, R Li, T Yuan, L Ke, J Bai, K Yang - Materials Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aluminum alloys, known for their high strength, good toughness, and lightweight properties,
are widely used in aerospace, rail transportation, and other fields. 3D printing, as an …

Laser powder bed fusion of nano-titania modified 2219 aluminium alloy with superior mechanical properties at both room and elevated temperatures: The significant …

G Li, Y Huang, X Li, C Guo, Q Zhu, J Lu - Additive Manufacturing, 2022 - Elsevier
There is a strong demand for facile and cost-effective approaches for additive manufacturing
(AM) of aluminium (Al) alloy parts with high mechanical properties at both room and …

Superior strength of laser-arc hybrid additive manufactured Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy enabled by a tunable microstructure

D Liu, D Wu, C Ge, H Lu, Z Chen, M Liu, Y Wang… - Additive …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Microstructural mechanisms endowing high strength-ductility synergy in CoCrNi medium entropy alloy prepared by laser powder bed fusion

M Yi, J Tu, L Yang, Z Zhou, S Chen, L Ding, Y Du… - Additive …, 2024 - Elsevier
CoCrNi medium entropy alloy (MEA) exhibits significant potential as a structural component
for engineering applications. However, the traditional processing methods for pursuing the …

Improved strength-ductility synergy of directed energy deposited AZ31 magnesium alloy with cryogenic cooling mode

X Li, M Zhang, X Fang, Z Li, G Jiao… - Virtual and Physical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Motivated by the effect of cooling rate on microstructure, standard air cooling (AC) and novel
cryogenic cooling (CC) were employed in the wire-arc directed energy deposition process of …

Effect of in-situ synthesized TiC particles on microstructure and mechanical properties of directed energy deposited AA2219 Al-Cu alloy

C Zeng, X Cai, Z Qi, Z Tan, H Wang, Y Peng… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Directed energy deposition (DED) process can enable rapid and low-cost manufacturing of
large-scale high-strength AA2219 Al-6.3 wt% Cu alloy components, displaying broad …

Additively manufactured high-performance AZ91D magnesium alloys with excellent strength and ductility via nanoparticles reinforcement

X Li, X Fang, X Jiang, Y Duan, Y Li, H Zhang, X Li… - Additive …, 2023 - Elsevier
High-performance lightweight magnesium matrix composites (MMCs) play an important role
in reducing CO 2 emissions in the context of carbon neutrality. In order to promote the …

Mechanical properties and microstructure revolution of vibration assisted wire arc additive manufacturing 2319 aluminum alloy

L Zhang, S Wang, H Wang, J Wang, W Bian - Materials Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a hybrid wire arc additive manufacturing (HWAAM) process that combines low-
frequency vibration with cold metal transfer (CMT) arc is proposed to address the problems …

Laser powder bed fusion of Al–Mg–Zr alloy: Microstructure, mechanical properties and dynamic precipitation

R Xu, R Li, T Yuan, H Zhu, M Wang, J Li… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
A Sc-free and high-plasticity Al-4.8 Mg-1.6 Zr aluminum alloy was densified via laser powder
bed fusion. The microstructure features a typical bimodal grain structure, with abundant L1 2 …