4D Printing Prospects for the Aerospace Industry: a critical review

Abstract Considering that from 1981 up to 2016 there was a 220% increase in aircraft production, due to the increased by 4.7% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of travel demand, we can see through about the airlines industry prospects. Market’s free competition and technology itself offer great opportunities to the global aerospace industry, where the demands for lower costs in manufacturing - simplicity in assembly - and per hour flying costs - better aerodynamic characteristics - constantly increasing. Innovated 4D printing techniques can step further the above mentioned, by minimizing the component’s number and assembly time in one hand and a radical change in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFDs) philosophy on the other; prospects that this papers aims to review.

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