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Microstructural and Roughness Effects on the Mechanical Properties of Metal AM Architected Cellular Materials

Submission Deadline: 20 December 2025
Special Issue Editors
Filippo Berto
Department of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Interests:

Mechanics of materials; Fatigue; Fracture mechanics; Structural integrity; Additive materials and weldments

Matteo Benedetti
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, Italy
Interests:

3D printing; Fatigue; Finite element analysis; Fracture mechanics; Materials; Metallic adhesion; Residual stress; Structural integrity assessment; Surface modification

Simone Murchio
Department of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Interests:

Additive manufacturing; 3D printing; Selective laser melting; Titanium; Mechanical testing; Fatigue analysis; Functional materials; Bio-inspired materials; Biomedical devices

Pietro Foti
Department of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Interests:

Fatigue; Fracture mechanics; 3D printing; Machine learning

Raffaele De Biasi
Department of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Interests:

Metal additive manufacturing; laser powder bed fusion; Fatigue; Alloy

Special Issue Information

Metal Additive manufacturing (MAM) enables the design and fabrication of architected cellular materials with tailored mechanical performance. However, the intrinsic microstructural heterogeneity and surface roughness introduced by MAM processes pose significant challenges in predicting and optimizing their mechanical behavior. This Special Issue aims to gather high-quality research focused on understanding how microstructural features (e.g., grain morphology, grain boundaries) and process-induced defects (e.g., surface roughness, internal defects) influence the mechanical properties of architected cellular structures produced by AM. Contributions that explore experimental characterization, computational modeling, multiscale analysis, and process-structure-property relationships are particularly welcome. Emphasis will be placed on studies addressing fatigue, fracture, deformation mechanisms, and structural integrity, paving the way toward performance-driven design of MAM lattice-based components.

Keywords
Metal Additive Manufacturing
Surface Roughness
Porosity
Microstructure
Fatigue
Structural Integrity
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Materials Science in Additive Manufacturing, Electronic ISSN: 2810-9635 Published by AccScience Publishing