Additive Manufacturing for the Aerospace Industry

Additive Manufacturing for the Aerospace Industry explores the design, processing, metallurgy and applications of additive manufacturing (AM) within the aerospace industry. The book's editors have assembled an international team of experts who discuss recent developments and the future prospects of additive manufacturing. The work includes a review of the advantages of AM over conventionally subtractive fabrication, including cost considerations. Microstructures and mechanical properties are also presented, along with examples of components fabricated by AM. Readers will find information on a broad range of materials and processes used in additive manufacturing.

It is ideal reading for those in academia, government labs, component fabricators, and research institutes, but will also appeal to all sectors of the aerospace industry.

Provides information on a broad range of materials and processes used in additive manufacturing Presents recent developments in the design and applications of additive manufacturing specific to the aerospace industryCovers a wide array of materials for use in the additive manufacturing of aerospace parts Discusses current standards in the area of aerospace AM parts

1. Introduction to Aerospace Materials Requirements and the Role of Additive Manufacturing 2. Review of Additive Manufacturing Technologies and Applications in the Aerospace Industry 3. Qualification of Metal Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Applications 4. High Quality Additive Manufactured Parts via Wire Feed/Plasma Arc Technology for Aerospace 5. Design for Metal Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Applications 6. Structure formation in A.M. processes of Titanium and Ni-base alloys 7. Measurement of Powder Characteristics and Quality for Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace Alloys 8. The influence of processing and heat treatment parameters on selective laser melted aluminium alloy A357 9. Novel process monitoring techniques and materials in Additive Manufacturing 10. Fusion and/or Solid State Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Applications 11. Wire Feed Technology for Additive Manufacturing of Ti-6Al-4V 12. Profile Electron Beam 3-D Printing 13. Additive Manufacturing of Titanium Aluminides 14. Aerospace applications of the SLM process of functional and functional graded metal-matrix composites based on titanium or Ni-Cr 15. Surface Roughness and Fatigue Properties of Selective Laser Melted Ti-6Al-4V Alloy as a Function of Processing Conditions 16. AM Al alloys 17. Additive Manufacturing for the Aerospace Industry 18. Surface Texture Characterization and Optimization for AM Produced Components forAerospace Applications 19. Applying ICME and Computational Tools to Predict the Performance of AM Aerospace Components 20. NDE of AM Metal Parts, in-situ and Post Deposition 21. Combining Additive Manufacturing with Conventional Casting and Reduced Density Materials to Greatly Reduce the Weight of Airplane Components such as Passenger Seat Frames 22. Stabilization of thickness in direct deposition of a layer by production for aerospace applications