Focus Area Project: Project A 07
Hybrid wire and arc additive manufactured I-section beams: assessment of material efficiency and carbon footprint
2026 | H.Eichler, B.Sawicki, H.Kloft: Hybrid wire and arc additive manufactured I-section beams: assessment of material efficiency and carbon footprint, Arch. Civ. Mech. Eng., 2026, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43452-025-01380-7Mechanical properties and corrosion protection of DED-Arc additively manufactured high-strength low-alloy steel components coated with Low-Pressure Cold Spray
2025 | M. Müggenburg, H. Mokhtarian, H. Koivuluoto, H. Jahns, R. Jafari, S. Panicker, E. Helmi, M. Arsalan, K. Thiele, J. Unglaub: Mechanical properties and corrosion protection of DED-Arc additively…Fatigue performance of high-strength low-alloy DED-Arc components with Zn+Al₂O₃ low-pressure cold spray coating
2025 | M. Müggenburg, M. Altobelli, S. Vogts, H. Jahns, R. Jafari, H. Mokhtarian, S. Panicker, H. Koivuluoto, J. Hensel, K. Thiele, J. Unglaub: Fatigue performance of high-strength low-alloy DED-Arc…
Prof. Dr. sc. ETH Elyas Ghafoori
Elyas Ghafoori is a professor of “Steel, Composite and Lightweight Construction” and director of Institute for Steel Construction and Test Centre Supporting Structures at Leibniz University Hannover. He and his group are active in the area of metal additive manufacturing, in particular on wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM). Current research topics include: structural integrity & fatigue of WAAM, WAAM for repair/strengthening, hybrid manufacturing, WAAM simulation and WAAM for bionic designs.Comparison of fatigue test results of high-strength steel DED-Arc specimens with milled and unmilled surfaces
2024 | Müller, J., Dastgerdi, J.N. & Hensel, J. (2024). Comparison of fatigue test results of high-strength steel DED-Arc specimens with milled and unmilled surfaces Weld World, 68, 1187–1199. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-024-01687-8.…
Dr.-Ing. André Hälsig
is senior researcher and group leader in the field of arc technologies for additive manufacturing, joining and cladding. Within the AMC project he is responsible for the coordination and innovative developments regarding the handling and process features in the A07 subtopic.
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jonas Hensel
is Professor for Welding Engineering at Chemnitz University of Technology and takes responsibility for the management of this project in terms of content and organisation as well as the cooperation with project partners within the TRR 277. Furthermore, he supervises the research assistant of WG Hensel for welding experiments, metallographic characterisation, numerical analysis and residual stress determination.Potential of thermography for the monitoring of DED Arc processes
2024 | J. Müller, J. Hensel: Potential of thermography for the monitoring of DED Arc processes Welding in the World, 68, 2024, pp. 505–513, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-023-01676-3. Data | Raw data for the…






