Additive Manufacturing: Materials, Processes, Quantifications and Applications

Additive Manufacturing: Materials, Processes, Quantifications and Applications is designed to explain the engineering aspects and physical principles of available AM technologies and their most relevant applications. It begins with a review of the recent developments in this technology and then progresses to a discussion of the criteria needed to successfully select an AM technology for the embodiment of a particular design, discussing material compatibility, interfaces issues and strength requirements. The book concludes with a review of the applications in various industries, including bio, energy, aerospace and electronics.

This book will be a must read for those interested in a practical, comprehensive introduction to additive manufacturing, an area with tremendous potential for producing high-value, complex, individually customized parts. As 3D printing technology advances, both in hardware and software, together with reduced materials cost and complexity of creating 3D printed items, these applications are quickly expanding into the mass market.

Includes a discussion of the historical development and physical principles of current AM technologiesExposes readers to the engineering principles for evaluating and quantifying AM technologiesExplores the uses of Additive Manufacturing in various industries, most notably aerospace, medical, energy and electronics

1. Overview of additive manufacturing process Michael Molitch-hou 2. Additive manufacturing process and equipment William Jarosinksi and Jing Zhang 3. Additive manufacturing of metallic materials Michael Zenou and Lucy Grainger 4. Additive manufacturing of ceramic materials Saeed Maleksaeedi and Tassilo Moritz 5. Additive manufacturing of polymeric materials Dimitris Karalekas, Joe Koo, Jay Sanjayan and Sophia N. Economidou 6. Quantification and certification of additive manufacturing materials and processes Chang-Jun Bae 7. Modelling and simulation of additive manufacturing process Jing Zhang 8. Additive manufacturing for medical applications Kim Van Meensel, Jean Pierre Kruth, Jan Van Humbeeck, Sasan Dadbakhsh, Brecht Van Hooreweder, Kim Van Meensel, Pavel Krakhmalev, Igor Yadroitsev and Michael Francis 9. Additive Manufacturing for Advanced Medical Device Applications Michael Francis