Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 47, Issue 5, 0500002(2020)

Laser Additive Manufacturing of High-Performance Metallic Aerospace Components

Dongdong Gu1,2,3、*, Hongmei Zhang1,2, Hongyu Chen1,2, Han Zhang1,2, and Lixia Xi1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210016, China
  • 2Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Laser Additive Manufacturing of High-Performance Metallic Components, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210016, China
  • 3National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Helicopter Transmission, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210016, China
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    Received: Feb. 28, 2020

    Accepted: Mar. 31, 2020

    Published Online: May. 12, 2020

    The Author Email: Gu Dongdong (dongdonggu@nuaa.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202047.0500002

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