Concise, practical guide presenting skills to integrate porous structure design with additive manufacturing requirements Part of Wiley’s Additive Manufacturing Skills in Practice series and written with the industry practitioner in mind, Advanced Techniques in Porous Structure Design for Additive Manufacturing addresses the growing integration of porous structures and additive manufacturing, essential for applications in the biomedical, aerospace, and automotive fields in which porous structures are crucial due to their ability to deliver top-notch performance alongside lightweight characteristics. This book covers all areas of the subject and concludes with a series of specialized chapters devoted to simulation software, case studies, and future trends and emerging technologies. Each chapter features a design problem that presents an open-ended scenario to prompt readers to think through the real-world applications of the concepts and theories discussed and connect them to their own job roles. Topics discussed in Advanced Techniques in Porous Structure Design for Additive Manufacturing include: Fundamentals of additive manufacturing, covering processes, materials, and design considerations Mathematical modeling, covering optimization techniques and the finite element method Multiscale topology optimization, shape optimization methods, and post-processing techniques Software utilization in porous structure design, with information on how to program simulations Porous structures in soft robotics, porous heat sinks, porous plates, and porous mechanical support structures With a blend of theoretical understanding and hands-on expertise in an emerging domain, Advanced Techniques in Porous Structure Design for Additive Manufacturing is an essential reference for industry professionals, researchers, and postgraduate students in universities, particularly those specializing in mechanical design and additive manufacturing.

Table of Contents:
Preface ix Chapter 1 Introduction to Porous Structures and Additive Manufacturing 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Why Designing Porous Structures 6 1.3 Types of Cells 8 1.4 Challenges in the Design and Fabrication of Porous Structures 10 References 12 Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Additive Manufacturing 15 2.1 Introduction 15 2.2 Metallic Materials 16 2.3 Metallic Additive Manufacturing 20 2.4 Plastics 24 2.5 Plastic 3D Printing 26 2.6 Ceramics 28 2.7 Ceramic 3D Printing 29 2.8 The Production Cycle of 3D Printing 31 2.9 Challenges Facing Additive Manufacturing 34 2.10 Emerging Techniques in Additive Manufacturing 38 References 41 Chapter 3 Mathematical Modeling for the Calculation of Porous Structure Properties: Techniques and Applications 43 3.1 Introduction 43 3.2 Overview of Computational Assessments of Physical Properties of Materials 44 3.3 Mechanical Properties of Microstructure 47 3.4 Effective Elasticity Tensor for Porous Structures using FEM Formulation 57 References 63 Chapter 4 Advanced Techniques in Porous Structure Design 65 4.1 Introduction 65 4.2 Parametric Optimization 69 4.3 Non-Parametric Optimization 72 4.4 Multiphysics Topology Optimization Fundamentals 76 4.5 Topology Optimization Methodologies 81 4.6 Shape Optimization 86 4.7 Porous Structural Design 91 References 97 Chapter 5 Practical Examples and Case Studies 103 5.1 Introduction 103 5.2 Porous Heat Sink Designs with Non-Parametric Optimization 103 5.3 Application of Robotics 128 References 165 Chapter 6 Advanced Software Utilization for Designing and Analyzing Porous Structures 173 6.1 Introduction 173 6.2 Commercial Software 174 6.3 Coding-Based Commercial Software Design of Porous Structures 176 References 192 Chapter 7 Emerging Trends and Directions in Advanced Porous Structures 195 7.1 Introduction 195 7.2 Advanced Manufacturing 196 7.3 Applications of Advanced Porous Structures 197 7.4 Challenges and Future Directions 201 References 202 Index 207