Additive Manufacturing in the Aerospace Industry
- 1 Institute for Systems Engineering Research, Mississippi State University, Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States
Abstract
The main advantages of Additive Manufacturing (AM) of metals in the aerospace industry are part consolidation; the reduction of lead time, the construction of complicated structures easily with a great Strength-to-Weight (S:W) ratio; production of parts on-demand with reduced inventory, uncertainty and the costs of supply chains. Ti6Al4V and nickel-based alloys are commonly used AM materials for aerospace parts. Ground-based AM for aerospace has achieved great advances. AM has the potential to develop parts for general aviation, aircraft, missiles and less massive satellite systems. This study introduces AM advantages, the technologies of AM, the materials and applications of AM and research progress in the aerospace industry; deals with the state-of-the-art of AM and its trends for aerospace; and highlights its challenges and future research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajeassp.2024.116.125
Copyright: © 2024 Lidong Wang, Reed Mosher and Patti Duett. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
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Keywords
- Additive Manufacturing (AM)
- Aerospace
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Direct Energy Deposition (DED)
- Powder Bed Fusion (PBF)
- Defect
- Residual Stress
- Supply Chain