3D printing in aerospace and its long-term sustainability
Astonishingly 3D printing has excited the world of aerospace. This paper takes stock of the popular 3D printing processes in aerospace. Reasons for their popularity over the traditional manufacturing processes are dwelled upon. Materials developed specially for aerospace applications along with thei...
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| author | Joshi, Sunil Chandrakant Sheikh, Abdullah Azhar |
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| description | Astonishingly 3D printing has excited the world of aerospace. This paper takes stock of the popular 3D printing processes in aerospace. Reasons for their popularity over the traditional manufacturing processes are dwelled upon. Materials developed specially for aerospace applications along with their characteristics are discussed. Ongoing activities related to 3D printing at various companies and organisations around the world are looked into. Project works in the area of extra-terrestrial printing are also highlighted. Even though 3D printing processes are operationally simple, they do have limitations in terms of the type, quality, and quantity of the materials they can handle. This paper underlines these points while discussing drawbacks of the printed components. Challenges associated with 3D printing in microgravity are also touched upon. Finally, a glimpse is taken into the future appearance of aerospace industry with 3D printing. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/806832023-03-04T17:14:18Z 3D printing in aerospace and its long-term sustainability Joshi, Sunil Chandrakant Sheikh, Abdullah Azhar School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 3-Dimensional printing part families material selection layer manufacturing technologies Astonishingly 3D printing has excited the world of aerospace. This paper takes stock of the popular 3D printing processes in aerospace. Reasons for their popularity over the traditional manufacturing processes are dwelled upon. Materials developed specially for aerospace applications along with their characteristics are discussed. Ongoing activities related to 3D printing at various companies and organisations around the world are looked into. Project works in the area of extra-terrestrial printing are also highlighted. Even though 3D printing processes are operationally simple, they do have limitations in terms of the type, quality, and quantity of the materials they can handle. This paper underlines these points while discussing drawbacks of the printed components. Challenges associated with 3D printing in microgravity are also touched upon. Finally, a glimpse is taken into the future appearance of aerospace industry with 3D printing. Accepted version 2016-06-07T05:24:32Z 2019-12-06T13:54:38Z 2016-06-07T05:24:32Z 2019-12-06T13:54:38Z 2015 2015 Journal Article Joshi, S. C., & Sheikh, A. A. (2015). 3D printing in aerospace and its long-term sustainability. Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 10(4), 175-185. 1745-2759 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80683 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40624 10.1080/17452759.2015.1111519 193729 en Virtual and Physical Prototyping © 2015 Taylor & Francis. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Virtual and Physical Prototyping, Taylor & Francis. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17452759.2015.1111519]. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | 3-Dimensional printing part families material selection layer manufacturing technologies Joshi, Sunil Chandrakant Sheikh, Abdullah Azhar 3D printing in aerospace and its long-term sustainability |
| title | 3D printing in aerospace and its long-term sustainability |
| title_full | 3D printing in aerospace and its long-term sustainability |
| title_fullStr | 3D printing in aerospace and its long-term sustainability |
| title_full_unstemmed | 3D printing in aerospace and its long-term sustainability |
| title_short | 3D printing in aerospace and its long-term sustainability |
| title_sort | 3d printing in aerospace and its long term sustainability |
| topic | 3-Dimensional printing part families material selection layer manufacturing technologies |
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