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International Journal of Design Engineering

 

Special issue on: "Design for Digital Fabrication of Functional Components"

Guest Editor: Professor Anping Xu, Hebei University of Technology, China

A functional component refers to a complex-shaped object with specific functionalities, which make the component possess two or more desired incompatible properties simultaneously in different parts of it. Thus, the component could have, for instance, different material constituents and/or different microstructures in different locations within the component. With the development of rapid prototyping (also known as solid freeform fabrication) and other advanced digital fabrication technologies, it has become possible that the complex-shaped functional component with varying local constituent and/or microstructures can be produced under the control of the local materials compositions. Applications can be found in many industrial areas, such as aerospace, automobile, chemical engineering and biomedical engineering, etc., where the functionally graded materials (FGMs) and/or porous biotissues are typically desired.

This special issue solicits original contributions to fundamental research with relevance to design for digital fabrication of functional components, which highlight the state of the art, emerging technologies, and recent successes and define major research challenges.

Subject Coverage
Topics of relevance include, but are not limited to:

• Heterogeneous object modelling and process planning for specific multi-functionalities
• Design for rapid prototyping of functional components
• Bio-CAD/CAM, computer-aided tissue engineering
• Software integration technologies of CAD/CAPP/CAM of functional components
• Theory of computer-aided innovation design for functional components
• Web-based collaborative design and manufacture of functional components
• FEA in functional components design
• Computer-aided optimal design for functional components
• Topology optimisation in functional components design
• Reverse design methods in tissue engineering
• Materials design for digital fabrication
• Virtual design and manufacture of functional components
• CAD/CAM for porous artifacts

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page

Important Dates

Submission of papers: 31 December, 2007

First decision notification: 28 February, 2008

Submission of revised papers: 30 April, 2008

Final decision notification: 31 May, 2008