Advanced Techniques in Porous Structure Design for Additive Manufacturing - (Additive Manufacturing Skills in Practice.) by Musaddiq Al Ali

About the Book

"Porous structure design is used in engineering to create lightweight materials with exceptional characteristics like high mechanical strength-to-weight ratios. These structures feature interconnected voids or pores, which reduce overall weight without compromising strength, making them ideal for applications where weight and energy consumption is a concern, such as the aerospace and automotive industries. Additive manufacturing has emerged as the go-to method for producing such intricate structures because it allows for precise control over the internal architecture, enabling the creation of complex geometries that are challenging or impossible to achieve with traditional manufacturing methods. However, transitioning from design to 3D printing poses its challenges, and ensuring the fidelity of the final printed product requires careful consideration of factors like material properties and printing parameters."-- Provided by publisher.

From the Back Cover

Concise, practical guide presenting skills to integrate porous structure design with additive manufacturing requirements

Part of Wiley's Additive Manufacturing Skills in Practice series and written with the industry practitioner in mind, Advanced Techniques in Porous Structure Design for Additive Manufacturing addresses the growing integration of porous structures and additive manufacturing, essential for applications in the biomedical, aerospace, and automotive fields in which porous structures are crucial due to their ability to deliver top-notch performance alongside lightweight characteristics.

This book covers all areas of the subject and concludes with a series of specialized chapters devoted to simulation software, case studies, and future trends and emerging technologies. Each chapter features a design problem that presents an open-ended scenario to prompt readers to think through the real-world applications of the concepts and theories discussed and connect them to their own job roles.

Topics discussed in Advanced Techniques in Porous Structure Design for Additive Manufacturing include:

• Fundamentals of additive manufacturing, covering processes, materials, and design considerations
• Mathematical modeling, covering optimization techniques and the finite element method
• Multiscale topology optimization, shape optimization methods, and post-processing techniques
• Software utilization in porous structure design, with information on how to program simulations
• Porous structures in soft robotics, porous heat sinks, porous plates, and porous mechanical support structures

With a blend of theoretical understanding and hands-on expertise in an emerging domain, Advanced Techniques in Porous Structure Design for Additive Manufacturing is an essential reference for industry professionals, researchers, and postgraduate students in universities, particularly those specializing in mechanical design and additive manufacturing.

About the Author

Musaddiq Al Ali, PhD, is a research scientist at the Toyota Technological Institute, where his work on additive manufacturing methods for the creation of multifunctional, ultra-lightweight structures for smart vehicles is sponsored by the Toyota Corp. His career has included teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in mechanics, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, numerical methods, manufacturing processes, control systems, dynamics, computer-aided design, and mathematical programming.