As important structural materials widely used in aerospace and automotive industries,
aluminum alloys are perfect candidates for development of laser metal additive …

Whilst the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) of aluminum alloys is relatively slower
compared with that of steels and titanium alloys, it has undergone a flourishing trend in the …

In the laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing of metals, extreme thermal conditions
create many highly dynamic physical phenomena, such as vaporization and recoil …

Understanding the effect of reinforcements on microstructure evolution and strengthening
mechanism in aluminum matrix is crucial for development of good performance aluminum …

Aluminum (Al) and its alloys are the second most used materials spanning industrial
applications in automotive, aircraft and aerospace industries. To comply with the industrial …

The properties of modified conventional wrought aluminum alloys cannot be significantly
enhanced by normal post-heat treatment in that the fine-grained strengthening, arising from …

This paper centers on high-strength Al-Mg-Mn-Er-Zr alloy, which was developed through the
addition of Er, a cheap rare earth element, and suitable for additive manufacturing (3D …

Selective laser melting (SLM) provides optimized lightweight structures for aircraft and space
applications. However, the strength of the current SLMed aluminum alloys is still lower than …

The complex process and thermal behavior of laser additive manufacturing will lead to
complex microstructure and property evolution. In order to enhance the processing efficiency …

In this work, the effect of Zn content on the formability and aging precipitation of Al–Zn–Mg–
Cu–Nb alloys prepared by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) were investigated via …