Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Lattices Additively Manufactured by Selective Laser Melting

Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Lattices by Selective Laser Melting Additive Manufacturing presents the design, manufacturing, microstructure, mechanical properties and applications of TPMS structures fabricated by selective laser additive manufacturing technology. The title explains these complex and useful structures based on systematic work in the UK and China. Sections introduce structure design methods, assess TPMS structures, explain mathematical their modeling, present the manufacturing, microstructure, mechanical and fatigue properties of metal uniform TPMS structures, discuss manufacturing and mechanical responses for functionally graded TPMS structures, give numerical analysis methods for predicting the mechanics of uniform and functionally graded TPMS structures, and more.

• Presents the state-of-the art in triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) structures by surface laser melting (SLM)
• Describes how to assess manufacturability of TPMS structures by additive manufacturing (AM)
• Analyzes the mechanical properties of TPMS structures through experimental and numerical methods
• Details topology optimization for pore size
• Gives fatigue fracture mechanics for TPMS structures

Yan Chunze is a Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. His research interests include additive manufacturing, selective laser sintering/melting, periodic cellular lattice structures, high performance polymers and composites.

Liang Hao is a Professor at the China University of Geosciences in Wuhan, China. His current research focusses on additive manufacturing (AM), particularly on smart structures and structure optimization.

Lei Yang is a doctoral researcher at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. His research focusses on selective laser melting (SLM) process and the mechanical analysis of metal Triply Periodic Minimal Surface (TPMS) structures.

Dr Ahmed Hussein is the co-founder of Morpheus Designs, a product development company specialised in the use of additive manufacturing for thermal management. His research focuses on the application of lightweight and optimal heat transfer structures to heat exchangers used in various industries including, aerospace, automotive, and energy.

Philippe G. Young holds the Synopsys Chair of Computational Mechanics within the College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences, at the University of Exeter, UK, and is Guest Professor at the China University of Geosciences in Wuhan, China.