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. 2026 Aug 8;19(16):3379. doi: 10.3390/ma19163379
AM Additive Manufacturing
BAMS Bimetallic Additively Manufactured Structures
DED Directed Energy Deposition
DIC Digital Image Correlation
DLD Direct Laser Deposition
DMLS Direct Metal Laser Sintering
DMD Direct Metal Deposition
EBW Electron Beam Welding
EDX Energy-dispersive X-ray
EMS Electromagnetic Stirring
FBG Fibre Bragg Grating
FEA Finite Element Analysis
FEM Finite Element Method
FEMU Finite Element Model Updating
FGM Functionally Graded Material
FGMs Functionally Graded Materials
FGS Functionally Graded Scaffolds
FSW Friction Stir Welded
GTAW Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
GTN Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman
HAZ Heat-Affected Zone
HSLA High Strength Low Alloy
IHT In situ Heat Treatment
LCS Low Carbon Steel
LDMD Laser Direct Metal Deposition
LENS Laser Engineered Net Shaping
LMD Laser Metal Deposition
LPBF Laser Powder Bed Fusion
MT 2.0 Material Testing 2.0
OTS Optimised Transition Strategy
PBF Powder Bed Fusion
PRISMA Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
SEM Scanning Electron Microscope
SLM Selective Laser Melting
SLS Selective Laser Sintering
TIG Tungsten Inert Gas
T-WAAM Twin-Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing
VFM Virtual Fields Method
WAAM Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing
X-ray CT X-ray Computed Tomography
XRD X-Ray Diffractometer