Additive Manufacturing and Smart Practices

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Course
Postgraduate
Semester
Sem. II
Subject Code
AE645
Subject Title
Additive Manufacturing and Smart Practices

Syllabus

Introduction to additive manufacturing – Classification, Methodology and process flow - Input for AM –Metal/ Non-metallic 3D printing – Powder, liquid, sheet and wire based processes- recent research trends/practices – Material science, process physics and Metallurgy of Additive manufacturing- Discussions on transport phenomena and hydrodynamics of metal additive manufacturing - Defects in AM- Processes selection, planning and control-Smart practices in Additive Manufacturing- 3D printing of Smart Materials and Structures- Multi-material/ Functionally graded / Lattice based 3D printing - Multi Dimensional (4D/5D/6D) 3D printing – Use of advanced tools (AI, ML and IoT etc.) in Additive Manufacturing- Additive manufacturing for Aerospace/ Space applications

Text Books

1. Ian Gibson, David W. Rosen, Brent Stucker, Additive Manufacturing Technologies: 3D printing, Rapid Prototyping, and Direct Digital Manufacturing, Springer (2015)

2. C. P. Paul, A. N. Jinoop, Additive Manufacturing: Principles, Technologies and Application, McGraw Hill (2021)

References

1. Richard Leach, Simone Carmignato, Precision Metal Additive Manufacturing, CRC Press (2021)

2. Martin Leary, Design for Additive Manufacturing: Additive Manufacturing Materials and Technologies, Elsevier (2020)

3. Andreas Gebhardt and Jan-Steffen Hötter, Additive Manufacturing: 3D printing for Prototyping and Manufacturing, Carl Hanser Verlag (2016)

4. Andreas Gebhardt, Understanding Additive Manufacturing: Rapid prototyping, Rapid Tooling, Rapid manufacturing, Hanser Pub Inc (2012)

5. Research articles / Case Studies in Additive Manufacturing and Smart Practices

Course Outcomes (COs):
CO1: Introduce various additive manufacturing techniques

CO2: Discuss the theoretical and practical aspects (terminologies, process physics, materials, metallurgy and performance aspects) of additive manufacturing processes

CO3: Understand various methodologies and smart practices associated with additive manufacturing techniques, to have an assessment on their industrial /R&D end-uses.