| AM | Additive Manufacturing |
| DIC | Digital Image Correlation |
| DfAM | Design for Additive Manufacturing |
| FEM | Finite Element Method |
| FE | Finite Element |
| FGAM | Functionally Graded Additive Manufacturing |
| FGM | Functionally Graded Material |
| FGMTO | Functionally Graded Material Topology Optimization |
| GMAW | Gas Metal Arc Welding |
| GTAW | Gas Tungsten Arc Welding |
| HS | Hashin–Shtrikman |
| MMA | Method of Moving Asymptotes |
| NA | Neutral Axis |
| NS | Neutral Surface |
| RAMP | Rational Approximation of Material Properties |
| SIMP | Solid Isotropic Material with Penalization |
| TO | Topology Optimization |
| WAAM | Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing |