This book presents the melt pool monitored-laser additive manufacturing (MPMed-LAM) technology for enhancing forming quality and mechanical performance of key metalic components. Despite progress in metal additive manufacturing (AM) since the 1970s, a large number of challenges remain in synergic controlling both shape and performance due to thermal stress-induced defects and metallurgical flaws. The book reviews key research on melt pool monitoring, forming quality control, microstructure...

This book introduces the laser hybrid additive manufacturing technology (LHAM) with alternately thermal and mechanical effects for the high-performance manufacturing of key components. Metal additive manufacturing (AM) technologies have made considerable progress in the basic theoretical field since its invention in the 1970s. However, there are still some difficulties in the coordinated control of the structure and performance, containing the challenges of “structure control” against defo...

This book introduces the fundamentals of laser shock peening (LSP) and its effects on the corrosion behaviours of metal alloy materials. It focuses on innovations in theory and methods related to LSP-induced surface nanocrystallization and corrosion resistance in steels, Mg alloy and titanium alloy. The main contents of the book include the characteristics of laser shock wave, LSP-induced surface integrity and the anti-corrosion mechanism. The research has accumulated a large amount of exp...