This is an interdisciplinary course that covers fields relevant to additive manufacturing. The course content includes: the manufacturing techniques such as SLM (selective laser melting), EBM (electron beam melting) and DED (directed energy deposition); material and material design for additive manufacturing; mechanical properties of additively manufactured components; component design; and sustainability aspects including LCAs and circular economy. The course is given through 15 lectures and an own work in the form of a shorter project task in groups with compulsory project work presentation for all participants of the course.

The major aim with the course is to give doctoral students in industrial production, material science, machine design and solid mechanics an interdisciplinary understanding of additive production with a focus on metallic materials. Different perspectives will be presented based on different disciplines of teachers and researchers from departments at the school for industrial technology and management (ITM)/KTH Royal Institute of Technology and the unit for Solid Mechanics at the Department of engineering mechanics, the school for technological sciences (SCI)/KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

The course also intends to increase the interaction between doctoral students with a focus on additive manufacturing in different disciplines to strengthen the connections between the different departments and contribute to the interdisciplinary research in KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• summarise and explain the different additive manufacturing processes and describe limitations and possibilities with state-of-the-art 3D printers.
• give examples of process-structure-property relations for metallic materials produced using additive manufacturing.
• apply knowledge to anticipate mechanical properties on macro level.
• apply design criteria for components produced with additive manufacturing processes including cost aspects and sustainability.
• summarise questions relevant to additive manufacturing in different disciplines in addition to the student's own subject area.

Attendance of at least 80 percent of lectures is compulsory (i.e., students can only miss 3 lectures before they become ineligible to complete the course). The attendance to occasion 6 (lecture 15) and occasion 8 (presentation day) is compulsory. At the end of occasion 6 (lecture 15), a project will be given to students. An AM-correlated project shall be carried out individually or in  group and be presented during the final teaching occasion (occasion 8). A written report shall be submitted before this date.

In this course, a lecture is a teaching session held via Zoom, led by a teacher at KTH, which students are expected to attend.  Certain parts of som electures may require interactive participation, such as group discussions.

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Students at KTH with a permanent disability can get support during studies from Funka:

Funka - compensatory support for students with disabilities

Please inform the course coordinator if you need compensatory support during the course. Present a certificate from Funka.

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• DEL1 - Participation, 7.5 credits, Grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Minimum 80 percent of the lectures should be attended. To pass the course, a student must attend all compulsory events, deliver a written project report and give a presentation, both of which must be approved by the examiners. The course will be graded on a Pass or Fail basis.

If a student is unable to attend an event for a justifiable reason, he or she should contact the course leader and a suitable replacement exercise will be created.

• All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
• In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
• In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.