Additive manufacturing for the aerospace industry /
edited by Francis Froes, Rodney Boyer.
- xvi, 465 pages : illustrations ; 23cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to aerospace materials requirements and the role of additive manufacturing -- Review of additive manufacturing technologies and applications in the aerospace industry -- Qualification and certification of metal additive manufactured hardware for aerospace applications -- Design for metal additive manufacturing for aerospace applications -- Structure formation in A.M. processes of Titanium and Ni-base alloys -- Measurement of powder characteristics and quality for additive manufacturing in aerospace alloys -- The processing and heat treatment of selective laser melted Al-7Si-0.6Mg alloy -- Superalloys, powders, process monitoring in additive manufacturing -- Fusion and/or solid state additive manufacturing for aerospace applications -- Profile electron beam 3D metal printing -- Additive manufacturing of titanium aluminides -- Aerospace applications of the SLM process of functional and functional graded metal matrix composites based on NiCr superalloys -- Surface roughness and fatigue properties of selective laser melted Ti-6Al-4V alloy -- Aluminium alloys for selective laser melting - towards improved performance -- Additive aerospace considered as a business -- Surface texture characterization and optimization of metal additive manufacturing-produced components for aerospace applications -- Developing and applying ICME + modeling tools to predict performance of additively manufactured aerospace parts -- Nondestructive evaluation of additively manufactured metallic parts: in situ and post deposition -- Combining additive manufacturing with conventional casting and reduced density materials to greatly reduce the weight of airplane components such as passenger seat frames -- Synergetic technologies of direct layer deposition in aerospace additive manufacturing.
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.