Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics: How Far Can You Go Using Computational Design?

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024Presentation AbstractThis presentation is a review on the developments of complex ceramic structures at the SUPSI’s Hybrid Materials Laboratory. From the first attempts to use CAD to explain the thermo-mechanical behaviour of ceramic foams by finite element modelling (FEM), this practice is now a fundamental step fully integrated in the ceramic additive manufacturing (AM). Demanding end users’ requirements can be satisfied thanks to the combination of CD, simulation, and AM to solve multi-physics tasks. This presentation will show several examples of ceramic components working in high temperature, harsh conditions such as: re-entry thermal protection, porous burners, volumetric solar receivers, high temperature waste heat recovery systems, power to X components and periodic open cellular structures for catalysis.Speaker Bio.Graduated in naval and mechanical engineering at the University of Naples in 1989, in 1992 specialized in composite materials at the Center for Composite Materials at the University of Delaware in USA. After ten years in the industry he is now professor at SUPSI, responsible of the Hybrid Materials laboratory at SUPSI and faculty member at the Doctoral School of Industrial Engineering of the University of Padova (I) . His research fields are: process engineering of polymer and ceramic matrix composites, oxide and carbide ceramics, design and additive manufacturing of complex ceramics. He has been project manager in national (Innosuisse, SNF), European (FP5, FP6, FP7 and H2020 ) projects. Nowadays his group is focusing on net shape processing of complex ceramics (oxides, carbides and composites) by additive manufacturing. Prof. Ortona has published about 100 peer-reviewed papers and 6 patents. He is member of the evaluation body of the “Practice to Science” founding scheme at SNF and editor of The journal of American Ceramic Society, Materials and Hybrid Advances.CDFAM Computational Design Symposium series brings together leading experts in computational design from industry, academia and software development for two days of knowledge sharing and networking. Visit CDFAM.COM to learn about upcoming events around the world. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.designforam.com