| 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 |