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

Featured Application Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM). Abstract Wire arc additive
manufacturing is currently rising as the main focus of research groups around the world. This …

Metallurgical defects have a critical influence on the anisotropic fatigue resistance of
additively manufactured parts under cyclic loading. Here X-ray computed tomography (CT) …

Over the past years, the demand for the wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) is
potentially increased, and it has become a promising alternative to subtractive …

Microstructural features and defects arising from selective laser melting (SLM) determine the
in-service performance of additively manufactured near-net-shape components. Here the …

Additive manufacturing (AM), which is a process of building objects in a layer‐upon‐layer
fashion from designed models, has received unprecedented attention from research and …

Aerospace industries invest a significant amount of resources to meet one common goal,
that is, to make the aircraft fly. To keep down its 'buy-to-fly'ratio, researchers have been …

Arc additive manufacturing technology has high deposition efficiencies and material
utilization rates. However, the large heat input and high temperature gradient during arc …

Ni-based superalloy 718 fabricated via arc plasma direct energy deposition (IN718 AP-DED)
exhibit a limited response to heat treatment due to its coarse primary microstructure and …

Additive manufacturing (AM) technology is undergoing rapid development as an advanced
technique for fabricating light-weight and complex-shape metallic parts with acceptable …