A Concise Encyclopedia of Additive Manufacturing

This is a comprehensive guide to Additive Manufacturing, organized in the alphabetic format of an encyclopedia. The presentation is concise, supported by ample references, including references from 2024 onwards. With entries for most aspects of additive manufacturing and 776 references, this book can serve as an invaluable entry to the field.

• Provides a single-source reference to a broad range of topics in additive manufacturing;
• Organized alphabetically, like an encyclopedia, in order to provide easy access to specific topics;
• Covers topics concisely, while providing ample references to more detailed literature.

Sanjay Kumar, Ph. D (Additive manufacturing), did post-PhD research in additive manufacturing at following places: Utah State University (USA), National Laser Centre (South Africa), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China) and York University (Canada). He has been active in additive manufacturing research for last twenty years (H-index 20). He is the author of Additive Manufacturing Processes, 2020, Additive Manufacturing Solutions, 2022, and Additive Manufacturing Classification, 2022 and Additive Manufacturing Advantage, 2023, A New Theory of Additive Manufacturing, 2025, Springer, Cham.