The book explores practically the latest advancements and techniques in 3D and 4D printing using innovative and unconventional materials.
This book comprehensively provides insights into various additive manufacturing processes, novel materials, and their properties, as well as the basic knowledge of AM process parameters, post-processing techniques, and their applications. It also explores the fundamental concepts and recent advancements in the development of novel materials for several applications, with special emphasis on platforms like AM techniques for polymers, ceramics, metallic materials, composites, nanomaterials, hydrogels, etc. Specific topics like environmental aspects of 3D printing and advanced 4D printing are also introduced. The technological aspects of AM are discussed in a concise and understandable way, with extensive illustrations. Also covered are the challenges and opportunities that arise from 3D printing with these materials.
Audience
The book will benefit researchers and industry engineers who work in additive manufacturing, mechanical engineering, 3D/4D printing, and materials science.
Table of Contents
Preface xvii
1 Brief Glimpses of Additive Manufacturing Techniques 1
V. Bhuvaneswari
2 Recent Developments in Additive Manufacturing Equipment's and Its Processes 23
Ganesh Angappan, Santhosh Sivaraj, Madhan Mohankumar, Elango Vaidyanathan and Arun Joseph
3 Computational Modeling of Additive Manufacturing - Overview, Principles, and Simulations in Different Scales 49
B. K. Sivaraj, R. Nitheesh Kumar and V. Karthik
4 Characterization Methodologies for Additive Manufacturing: From Feedstock to the Final Component 119
Koduru Venkatesh, A. Muthuchamy and V. Karthik
5 Additive Manufacturing of Polymeric Materials: Process and Properties 163
Devarajan Balaji
6 Additive Manufacturing of Metal-Matrix and Polymer-Matrix Composites 197
Sandhyarani Biswas and Anurag Jasti
7 Postprocessing of Additively Manufactured Polymeric and Metallic Parts - A Review 237
Vishal Mishra, Navya Ann Cherian, Sushant Negi and Simanchal Kar
8 Additive Manufacturing of Nanoscale and Microscale Materials 267
D. Vasanth Kumar, N. Srinivasan, S. J. Davis Hans, S. Gokul, B. Arulmurugan and B. Sathishkumar
9 Additive Manufacturing of Hydrogels: Process and Properties 295
V. Bhuvaneswari, Balaji Devarajan and L. Rajeshkumar
10 Additive Manufacturing of Bulk Metallic Glasses 319
Ashutosh Sahu and Anil Kumar
11 Additive Manufacturing of Tools and Dies for Metal Forming Applications 343
Yogeshwaran K. and Shubhajit Das
12 Environmental Aspects of 3D Printing Metal and Alloys 373
Palivela Bhargav Chandan, Pranav G. Bhat, Sangeeth Purushothaman, Devara Venkata Krishna, Tadi Siva Prasad, Aye Aye Thet and Mamilla Ravi Sankar
13 Current Aspects of Additive Manufacturing in the Aerospace Industry 409
Dheeraj Lal Soni and Jagadish
14 Four-Dimensional (4D) Microprinting: Materials, Processes, Challenges and Applications 429
Roja Rani Korrayi, Anita Jena, Bharat C. G. Marupalli, Bijaya Bikram Samal, Shailendra Kumar Varshney and Cheruvu Siva Kumar
15 Novel Technique to Measure Shape Memory Behavior of 4D Material 459
Nilesh Tiwari and Kanif M. Markad
16 Additive Manufacturing for Building and Constructions: Overview, Applications and Challenges 485
Akesh B. Kakarla, Ing Kong and Vipulkumar Ishvarbhai Patel
References 501
Index 509
