About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
MS&T26: Materials Science & Technology
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| Symposium
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Computational Materials for Qualification and Certification
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| Presentation Title |
Challenges in Materials Maturation for Additive Manufacturing |
| Author(s) |
Anthony D. Rollett, Mohadeseh Taheri-Mousavi, Alex Plotkowski, Lonnie Love |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Anthony D. Rollett |
| Abstract Scope |
Materials maturation requires years-long effort and often needs multiple projects for sustainment. As scale-up and scale-out are executed, the investment increases such that, absent an application that will directly gain enhanced performance, we describe the challenge as a valley of death. This presentation argues that computational methods should shorten the process using the prospect of new aluminum alloys for use in additive manufacturing as the exemplar. Materials Maturation Levels are described as an analogue to TRLs as context for what has to be done. |