This book presents the history, fundamentals, process development, applications, post-processing, and experimental results from additive manufacturing. The chapters cover surface treatments, modification, advancements in heat treatment, mechanical hardening and its effect on the material properties. This book also presents content on simulation, modeling, and optimization of materials processing and surface engineering techniques.

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Dr. Adam Khan M is an Associate Professor at Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, India. He also holds a position of researcher at the University of Johannesburg. His research areas comprise advanced materials, manufacturing, corrosion, and surface science, with international collaborations.

Dr. Winowlin Jappes J T completed his Ph.D. Degree in 2004 in the area of composite deposition at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai. He is a Senior Professor in Kalasalingam University, India. His research interest includes high-performance composite materials, machining of hard materials, optimization techniques, etc. He is currently Professor and Dean at the School of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, India

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Tentative Table of Content

Section I: Introduction to additive manufacturing

1. Evolutions in Additive Manufacturing

(Developments in additive manufacturing, history, types of additive manufacturing, etc.)

2. Advances in additive manufacturing

(Research on build directions / orientation, powder bed fusion (DMLS) and direct energy deposition such as Clading, WAAM, etc. for real time product / component development)

Section II: Additive manufacturing and materials development 3. Challenges in additive manufacturing for metals and alloys

(3D printing of alloys such as Ti, Ni, Co, Fe and other metals through additive manufacturing) 4. Additive manufacturing for lightweight materials

(3D printing of lightweight polymer materials and its engineering applications) 5. Role of additive manufacturing in biomedical engineering

(To describe role of additive manufacturing in developments of biomedical instruments and implants)

Section III: Post Processing and investigations on 3D built materials

6. Heat treatments and metallurgical investigations on 3D printed samples (Handling 3D materials with different heat treatment cycles / plans for properties enhancements)

7. Machinability of 3D printed materials

(The advanced machining studies involved in 3D printed material for finishing process and its related studies)

8. Surface Coatings and surface modification techniques

(Surface modification techniques such as coatings, deposits, surface oxidation, surface texturing, etc. for engineering applications)

9. Tribological behaviour of additive manufacturing materials

(The surface behaviour such as sliding wear, solid particle erosion, erosion corrosion and fretting wear of the materials built through additive manufacturing)

10. Mechanical testing of additive manufacturing materials

(The combination of mechanical properties such as axial stress, impact load, fatigue, creep, hardness, deformability, etc., of 3D built materials)