Additive Manufacturing Innovations, Advances, and Applications

This book presents an overview of recent and emerging Additive manufacturing (AM) techniques and their applications in such industries as aerospace, automotive, and biomedical. Several of the processes developed using various materials ranging from metals to plastics, composites to human tissue are explained. The chapters will help provide systematic solution for the selection and design of a process most appropriate for AM. The book also provides an easy guide to reading and understanding emerging trends in AM while concurrently appreciating its importance for both existing and emerging applications.