to be considered in the second edition of this textbook in which multiple problem sets for each chapter will be introduced.
January 2021
Ehsan Toyserkani, Dyuti Sarker, Osezua Obehi Ibhadode, Farzad Liravi,Paola Russo, Katayoon Taherkhani
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Abbreviations
| 2D | Two‐Dimensional |
| 3D | Three‐Dimensional |
| 3DQCN | Three‐Dimensional Quasi‐Continuous Network |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| AE | Auto‐Encoder |
| Al | Aluminum |
| AL | Absolute Limits |
| ALE | Arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian |
| AM | Additive Manufacturing |
| AMCs | Aluminum Matrix Composites |
| AMF | Additive Manufacturing File Format |
| AMGTA | Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association |
| ANFIS | Adaptive Neuro‐Fuzzy Inference System |
| ANN | Artificial Neural Network |
| ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| APG | Absorptivity Profile Group |
| ASCII | American Standard Code For Information Interchange |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| BD | Big Data |
| BESO | Bidirectional Evolutionary Structural Optimization |
| BJ | Binder Jetting |
| BJP | Binder Jet Printing |
| BP | Backpropagation |
| BSE | Backscattered Electrons |
| CAD | Computer‐Aided Design |
| CAE | Computer‐Aided Engineering |
| CAGR | Compound Annual Growth Rate |
| CAM | Computer‐Aided Manufacturing |
| CCD | Charged‐coupled device |
| CCT | Continuous Cooling Transformation |
| CDA | Constant Drawing Area |
| CET | Columnar‐to‐Equiaxed Transition |
| CFD | Computational Fluid Dynamics |
| CL | Cathodoluminescence |
| CMOS | Complementary Metal‐Oxide Semiconductor |
| CNC | Computer Numerical Control |
| CNN | Convolutional Neural Network |
| COLIN | Convex Linearization |
| CS | Crack Susceptibility |
| CT | Computed Tomography |
| μCT | micro Computed Tomography |
| CVD | Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| CW | Continuous Wave |
| DAE | Differential‐Algebraic Equation |
| DBN | Deep Belief Network |
| DC | Direct Current |
| DDA | Decreasing Drawing Area |
| DED |
Directed Energy Deposition
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