Advances in Additive Manufacturing : Artificial Intelligence, Nature-inspired, and Biomanufacturing

This edited book is a compilation of scholarly articles on the latest developments in the field of additive manufacturing, discussing nature-inspired and artificial intelligence–aided additive manufactured processes for different materials including biomanufacturing, and their applications, as well as various methods to enhance the characteristics of the materials produced, the efficiency of the manufacturing process itself, as well as optimal ways to develop a product in minimum time. The book explores the advancements in additive manufacturing from prefabrication stage to final product, with real-time defect detection, control, and process efficiency improvement covered. This book will be a great resource for engineers, researchers, and academics involved in this revolutionary and unique field of manufacturing.

• Discusses modeling of additive manufacturing processes by artificial intelligence
• Looks at the optimization of designs, technologies, and material fabrication and the use of simulation in additive manufacturing
• Includes case studies and real-world industrial problems and solutions

Ravi Kant Mittal is a Retired Senior Professor, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India; Former Director of the offshore campus of BITS Pilani at Dubai, UAE; Former Vice Chancellor, K R Mangalam University, Gurgaon.

Ajay Kumar is a Professor (Research Track), Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Core Engineering, Faculty of Science, Technology & Architecture, Manipal University Jaipur.