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This book presents an overview of recent and emerging additive manufacturing (AM) techniques and their applications. It explains several of the processes developed using various materials ranging from metals to plastics, and composites to human tissue. The chapters provide systematic solutions for the selection and design of a process most appro
List of contents
Additive Manufacturing of Materials: Viable Techniques, Metals, Advances, Advantages, and Applications. Additive Manufacturing Using Free Space Deposition in Metals: Experiment and Theory. Additive Manufacturing of Metals Via Selective Laser Melting: Process Aspects and Material Developments. Projection Microstereolithography as a Micro-Additive Manufacturing Technology: Processes, Materials, and Applications. Printed and Hybrid Electronics Enabled by Digital Additive Manufacturing Technologies. Application of Radiometry in Laser Powder Deposition Additive Manufacturing. Powder and Part Characterizations in Electron Beam Melting Additive Manufacturing. Simulation of Powder-Based Additive Manufacturing Processes. Advances in Additive Manufacturing: Effect of Process Parameters on Microstructure and Properties of Laser-Deposited Materials. Integration of Gas-Permeable Structures in Laser Additive Manufactured Products. Additive Manufacturing of Components from Engineering Ceramics. Reactive Inkjet Printing of Nylon Materials for Additive Manufacturing Applications. Comparison of Additive Manufacturing Materials and Human Tissues in Computed Tomography Scanning. Additive Manufacturing of Medical Devices. Medical Applications of Additive Manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing of Pluronic/Alginate Composite Thermogels for Drug and Cell Delivery. Additive Manufacturing of Rare Earth Permanent Magnets.
About the author
T.S. Srivatsan, Professor of Materials Science & Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Akron (OH, USA), earned his M.S. in Aerospace Engineering in 1981 and his Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering in 1984 from Georgia Institute of Technology (USA). Dr. Srivatsan joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering faculty at The University of Akron in 1987. He has authored or edited 57 books, delivered over 200 technical presentations, and authored or co-authored more than 700 archival publications in journals, book chapters, book reviews, proceedings of conferences, and technical reports. He is a Fellow of (i) American Society for Materials International; (ii) American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and (iii) American Association for Advancement of Science.
T.S. Sudarshan
earned his B.Tech in Metallurgy from the Indian Institute of Technology (Madras), and completed his M.Sc and Ph.D in Materials Engineering Science from Virginia Tech (VA, USA). He is President and CEO of Materials Modification, Inc., which is at the forefront of research, development, and commercialization of advanced materials utilizing novel processing techniques. He is a Fellow of (i) American Society for Materials International; (ii) International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering; and (iii) Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. He has also produced numerous papers [175+] in journals and edited books [30+].
Summary
This book presents an overview of recent and emerging additive manufacturing (AM) techniques and their applications. It explains several of the processes developed using various materials ranging from metals to plastics, and composites to human tissue. The chapters provide systematic solutions for the selection and design of a process most appro
