Additive Manufacturing(AM)has significantly impacted the development of high-performance materials and structures,offering new possibilities for industries ranging from aerospace to biomedicine.This special issue feat...Additive Manufacturing(AM)has significantly impacted the development of high-performance materials and structures,offering new possibilities for industries ranging from aerospace to biomedicine.This special issue features pioneering research that integrates AI-driven methods with AM,enabling the design and fabrication of complex,optimized structures with enhanced properties.展开更多
Due to the limited thermoelectric(TE)performance of polymer materials and the inherent rigidity of inorganic materials,developing low-cost,highly flexible,and high-performance materials for flexible thermocouple senso...Due to the limited thermoelectric(TE)performance of polymer materials and the inherent rigidity of inorganic materials,developing low-cost,highly flexible,and high-performance materials for flexible thermocouple sensors(FTCSs)remains challenging.Additionally,dual-mode(contact/non-contact)temperature monitoring in FTCSs is underexplored.This study addresses these issues by using p-type(PEDOT:PSS/CNTs,2:1)and n-type(MXene/Bi_(2)Se_(3),2:1)TE materials applied via screen printing and compression onto a PPSN substrate(paper/PDMS/Si_(3)N_(4)).The resulting FTCSs exhibit excellent TE properties:electrical conductivities of 61,197.88 S/m(n-type)and 55,697.77 S/m(p-type),Seebeck coefficients of 39.88μV/K and-29.45μV/K,and power factors(PFs)of 97.66μW/mK^(2)and 55.64μW/mK^(2),respectively.In contact mode,the sensor shows high-temperature sensitivity(S_(T)=379.5μV/℃),a broad detection range(20-200℃),high resolution(~0.3℃),and fast response(~12.6 ms).In non-contact mode,it maintains good sensitivity(S_(Tmax)=52.67μV/℃),a broad detection range,high resolution(~0.8℃),and even faster response(~9.8 ms).The sensor also demonstrates strong mechanical durability,maintaining stable performance after 1000 bending cycles.When applied to dual-mode temperature monitoring in wearable devices and lithium batteries,the FTCS shows high accuracy and reliability compared to commercial K-type thermocouples,indicating significant potential for advanced medical monitoring systems and smart home technologies.展开更多
Light-weighting involves the use of advanced materials and engineering methods to enable structural elements to deliver the same,or enhanced,technical performance while using less material.The concept has been extensi...Light-weighting involves the use of advanced materials and engineering methods to enable structural elements to deliver the same,or enhanced,technical performance while using less material.The concept has been extensively explored and utilised in many industries from automotive applications to fashion and packaging and offers significant potential in the aviation sector.Typical implementations of light-weighting have involved use of high performance materials such as composites and optimisation of structures using computational aided engineering approaches with production enabled by advanced manufacturing methods such as additive manufacture,foam metals and hot forming.This paper reviews the principal approaches used in light-weighting,along with the scope for application of light-weighting in aviation applications from power-plants to airframe components.A particular area identified as warranting attention and amenable to the use of lightweighting approaches is the design of solar powered aircraft wings.The high aspect ratio typically used for these can be associated with insufficient stiffness,giving rise to non-linear deformation,aileron reversal,flutter and rigid-elastic coupling.Additional applications considered include ultralight aviation components and sub-systems,UAVs,and rockets.Advanced optimisation approaches can be applied to optimise the layout of structural elements,as well as geometrical parameters in order to maximise structural stiffness,minimise mass and enable incorporation of energy storage features.The use of additive manufacturing technologies,some capable of producing composite or multi-material components is an enabler for light-weighting,as features formally associated with one principal function can be designed to fulfil multiple functionalities。展开更多
文摘Additive Manufacturing(AM)has significantly impacted the development of high-performance materials and structures,offering new possibilities for industries ranging from aerospace to biomedicine.This special issue features pioneering research that integrates AI-driven methods with AM,enabling the design and fabrication of complex,optimized structures with enhanced properties.
基金supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFB3205903)Anhui Province Science and Technology Innovation Key Project(202423k09020047)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.2201187)Major R&D Innovation Project of Anhui Provincial Development and Reform Commission(JZ2021AFKJ0050).
文摘Due to the limited thermoelectric(TE)performance of polymer materials and the inherent rigidity of inorganic materials,developing low-cost,highly flexible,and high-performance materials for flexible thermocouple sensors(FTCSs)remains challenging.Additionally,dual-mode(contact/non-contact)temperature monitoring in FTCSs is underexplored.This study addresses these issues by using p-type(PEDOT:PSS/CNTs,2:1)and n-type(MXene/Bi_(2)Se_(3),2:1)TE materials applied via screen printing and compression onto a PPSN substrate(paper/PDMS/Si_(3)N_(4)).The resulting FTCSs exhibit excellent TE properties:electrical conductivities of 61,197.88 S/m(n-type)and 55,697.77 S/m(p-type),Seebeck coefficients of 39.88μV/K and-29.45μV/K,and power factors(PFs)of 97.66μW/mK^(2)and 55.64μW/mK^(2),respectively.In contact mode,the sensor shows high-temperature sensitivity(S_(T)=379.5μV/℃),a broad detection range(20-200℃),high resolution(~0.3℃),and fast response(~12.6 ms).In non-contact mode,it maintains good sensitivity(S_(Tmax)=52.67μV/℃),a broad detection range,high resolution(~0.8℃),and even faster response(~9.8 ms).The sensor also demonstrates strong mechanical durability,maintaining stable performance after 1000 bending cycles.When applied to dual-mode temperature monitoring in wearable devices and lithium batteries,the FTCS shows high accuracy and reliability compared to commercial K-type thermocouples,indicating significant potential for advanced medical monitoring systems and smart home technologies.
文摘Light-weighting involves the use of advanced materials and engineering methods to enable structural elements to deliver the same,or enhanced,technical performance while using less material.The concept has been extensively explored and utilised in many industries from automotive applications to fashion and packaging and offers significant potential in the aviation sector.Typical implementations of light-weighting have involved use of high performance materials such as composites and optimisation of structures using computational aided engineering approaches with production enabled by advanced manufacturing methods such as additive manufacture,foam metals and hot forming.This paper reviews the principal approaches used in light-weighting,along with the scope for application of light-weighting in aviation applications from power-plants to airframe components.A particular area identified as warranting attention and amenable to the use of lightweighting approaches is the design of solar powered aircraft wings.The high aspect ratio typically used for these can be associated with insufficient stiffness,giving rise to non-linear deformation,aileron reversal,flutter and rigid-elastic coupling.Additional applications considered include ultralight aviation components and sub-systems,UAVs,and rockets.Advanced optimisation approaches can be applied to optimise the layout of structural elements,as well as geometrical parameters in order to maximise structural stiffness,minimise mass and enable incorporation of energy storage features.The use of additive manufacturing technologies,some capable of producing composite or multi-material components is an enabler for light-weighting,as features formally associated with one principal function can be designed to fulfil multiple functionalities。
