OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Virtual and Physical Prototyping is 14. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Laser powder bed fusion for metal additive manufacturing: perspectives on recent developments	194
Recent progress on additive manufacturing of multi-material structures with laser powder bed fusion	112
Recent progress and scientific challenges in multi-material additive manufacturing via laser-based powder bed fusion	104
3D/4D-printed bending-type soft pneumatic actuators: fabrication, modelling, and control	104
Perspectives of using machine learning in laser powder bed fusion for metal additive manufacturing	98
Laser additive manufacturing of Mg-based composite with improved degradation behaviour	82
A review on the state-of-the-art of surface finishing processes and related ISO/ASTM standards for metal additive manufactured components	80
Rapid surface defect identification for additive manufacturing with in-situ point cloud processing and machine learning	79
Deep learning for fabrication and maturation of 3D bioprinted tissues and organs	79
A review on qualification and certification for metal additive manufacturing	63
Additive manufacturing of bimetallic structures	48
Additively manufactured dual-functional metamaterials with customisable mechanical and sound-absorbing properties	48
3D printed hybrid-dimensional electrodes for flexible micro-supercapacitors with superior electrochemical behaviours	44
A highly stretchable and intrinsically self-healing strain sensor produced by 3D printing	41
Post-processing treatments to enhance additively manufactured polymeric parts: a review	40
Effect of melting modes on microstructure and tribological properties of selective laser melted AlSi10Mg alloy	38
Differentiation of materials and laser powder bed fusion processing regimes from airborne acoustic emission combined with machine learning	38
Effect of defocusing distance on laser powder bed fusion of high strength Al–Cu–Mg–Mn alloy	38
Semi-supervised Monitoring of Laser powder bed fusion process based on acoustic emissions	38
Contactless reversible 4D-printing for 3D-to-3D shape morphing	36
A numerical study on the packing quality of fibre/polymer composite powder for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing	36
Additive manufacturing of a shift block via laser powder bed fusion: the simultaneous utilisation of optimised topology and a lattice structure	36
Laser printing path and its influence on molten pool configuration, microstructure and mechanical properties of laser powder bed fusion processed rare earth element modified Al-Mg alloy	36
Vertical and uniform growth of MoS ₂ nanosheets on GO nanosheets for efficient mechanical reinforcement in polymer scaffold	35
Current trends in additively manufactured (3D printed) energy absorbing structures for crashworthiness application – a review	34

Achieving grain refinement and ultrahigh yield strength in laser aided additive manufacturing of Ti−6Al−4V alloy by trace Ni addition	33
Stiffness and energy absorption of additive manufactured hybrid lattice structures	33
Online Convolutional Neural Network-based anomaly detection and quality control for Fused Filament Fabrication process	32
Influence of erbium addition on the defects of selective laser-melted 7075 aluminium alloy	31
Superior energy absorption of continuously graded microlattices by electron beam additive manufacturing	30
Quasi-static and dynamic mechanical properties of additively manufactured Al₂O₃ ceramic lattice structures: effects of structural configuration	30
Automatic determination of part build orientation for laser powder bed fusion	29
Strengthening and fracture mechanisms of a precipitation hardening high-entropy alloy fabricated by selective laser melting	28
Effect of post-deposition heat treatment on laser-TIG hybrid additive manufactured Al-Cu alloy	28
Experimental and numerical investigation of the origin of surface roughness in laser powder bed fused overhang regions	27
Automatic generation of alternative build orientations for laser powder bed fusion based on facet clustering	27
Additively manufacturing-enabled hierarchical NiTi-based shape memory alloys with high strength and toughness	27
Topology optimisation for large-scale additive manufacturing: generating designs tailored to the deposition nozzle size	26
Understanding laser-metal interaction in selective laser melting additive manufacturing through numerical modelling and simulation: a review	26
A detailed evaluation of surface, thermal, and flammable properties of polyamide 12/glass beads composites fabricated by multi jet fusion	25
A data-driven machine learning approach for the 3D printing process optimisation	25
Effect of volumetric energy density on microstructure and tribological properties of FeCoNiCuAl high-entropy alloy produced by laser powder bed fusion	25
Ordered nitrogen complexes overcoming strength–ductility trade-off in an additively manufactured high-entropy alloy	24
The self-induced electric-field-driven jet printing for fabricating ultrafine silver grid transparent electrode	24
Large programmable coefficient of thermal expansion in additively manufactured bi-material mechanical metamaterial	23
3D printed porous biomass–derived SiCnw/SiC composite for structure–function integrated electromagnetic absorption	23
Metal-doped polymer-derived SiOC composites with inorganic metal salt as the metal source by digital light processing 3D printing	23
In situ grown rare earth lanthanum on carbon nanofibre for interfacial reinforcement in Zn implants	22
Architected lightweight, sound-absorbing, and mechanically efficient microlattice metamaterials by digital light processing 3D printing	22
Melt-based, solvent-free additive manufacturing of biodegradable polymeric scaffolds with designer microstructures for tailored mechanical/biological properties and clinical applications	21
Void reduction in fused filament fabrication (FFF) through in situ nozzle-integrated compression rolling of deposited filaments	21
Sandwich structure printing of Ti-Ni-Ti by directed energy deposition	20
Topology optimization for metal additive manufacturing: current trends, challenges, and future outlook	20
Study Of the compression behaviours of 3D-printed PEEK/CFR-PEEK sandwich composite structures	20
Enhancement of fatigue resistance of additively manufactured 304L SS by unique heterogeneous microstructure	19
Characterisation of in-situ alloyed titanium-tantalum lattice structures by laser powder bed fusion using finite element analysis	19
An improved distortion compensation approach for additive manufacturing using optically scanned data	19
Investigation on synergism between additive and subtractive manufacturing for curved thin-walled structure	19
Additively manufactured oxide dispersion strengthened nickel-based superalloy with superior high temperature properties	19
Design, manufacture, and characterisation of hierarchical metamaterials for simultaneous ultra-broadband sound-absorbing and superior mechanical performance	18
Towards a comprehensive understanding of distortion in additive manufacturing based on assumption of constraining force	18
Constructing function domains in NiTi shape memory alloys by additive manufacturing	17
Quasi-static compressive behaviour of 3D-printed origami-inspired cellular structure: experimental, numerical and theoretical studies	17
A Comparison of the physical properties of two commercial 3D printing PLA grades	17
Additive manufacturing of high-performance 15-5PH stainless steel matrix composites	17
Superior strength-ductility in laser aided additive manufactured high-strength steel by combination of intrinsic tempering and heat treatment	17
Integrated numerical modelling and deep learning for multi-layer cube deposition planning in laser aided additive manufacturing	16
Simulation-assisted investigation on the formation of layer bands and the microstructural evolution in directed energy deposition of Ti6Al4V blocks	16
Creating functionally graded concrete materials with varying 3D printing parameters	16
Effects of different scanning patterns on nickel alloy-directed energy deposition based on thermal analysis	16
Influence of spatial laser beam profiles on thermal-fluid transport during laser-based directed energy deposition	15
Viscoelastic simulation and optimisation of the polymer flow through the hot-end during filament-based material extrusion additive manufacturing	15
Effect of the fibre length on the mechanical anisotropy of glass fibre–reinforced polymer composites printed by Multi Jet Fusion	15
Effect of laser incident energy on the densification and structure–property relationships of additively manufactured CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy	14
Triply periodic minimal surfaces based honeycomb structures with tuneable mechanical responses	14

Effects of build positions on the thermal history, crystallization, and mechanical properties of polyamide 12 parts printed by Multi Jet Fusion	14
Microstructure and mechanical property of high power laser powder bed fusion AlSi10Mg alloy before and after T6 heat treatment	14
Fabrication of parts with heterogeneous structure using material extrusion additive manufacturing	14
3D printing highly stretchable conductors for flexible electronics with low signal hysteresis	14
Fracture characterisation of vertically build functionally graded 316L stainless steel with Inconel 718 deposited by directed energy deposition process	14
Recent developments in the application of machine-learning towards accelerated predictive multiscale design and additive manufacturing	14