6. Glossary

Conception Assistée par Ordinateur CAD; Computer Assisted Design CAD

Computer-aided design includes all the software and geometric modeling techniques used to design objects using a computer.

Computational Fluid Dynamics; Computational Fluid Dynamics CFD

Numerical fluid mechanics studies the movements of a fluid, or their impact on the environment, by numerically solving the equations governing the fluid.

Direct Energy Deposition DED

FA process for manufacturing objects by concentrated energy deposition – focused thermal energy is used to fuse materials, melting them as they are deposited – using raw materials in various forms (wire, powder).

Additive Manufacturing AM; Fabrication Additive FA

A set of manufacturing...