Virtual and Physical Prototyping Impact Factor, Indexing, Ranking 2024

Virtual and Physical Prototyping is online only. We welcome authors to submit supplementary data sets, colour images, animation and videos to publish with your articles to enhance the content experience of the journal. Virtual and Physical Prototyping provides an international forum for professionals and academics to exchange novel ideas and disseminate knowledge covering the full range of activities related to the multi-disciplinary area of virtual and rapid prototyping. The scope of VPP includes: Design for additive manufacturing: topological optimisation, lightweight, biomimetic design, functionally graded structures, etc. 4D printing: smart materials, shape memory polymers/alloys, deployable structures, etc. Multi-material printing: 3D printing of multiple metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, etc. Hybrid manufacturing: combination of additive and subtractive technologies Functional 3D printing: functional design, functional prototyping, etc. As well as the following topics: CAD and 3D data acquisition technologies Virtual environments and virtual reality Rapid tooling and rapid manufacturing Quality control and AM standards Concurrent engineering Bioprinting and biofabrication Concrete printing Miscellaneous: e-manufacturing/Internet of things, legal perspectives, economics, social and environmental implications, case studies, etc. All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by independent expert referees.

《虚拟与实物原型制作》期刊仅提供在线版。我们热忱欢迎作者提交补充数据集、彩色图像、动画和视频，以配合您的文章发表，从而提升期刊内容的体验感受。该期刊为专业人士和学者提供了一个国际性的交流平台，用于分享关于虚拟与快速原型制作多学科领域的创新理念和传播知识。VPP的涵盖范围包括：增材制造设计：拓扑优化、轻量化设计、仿生设计、功能梯度结构等。4D打印：智能材料、形状记忆聚合物/合金、可展开结构等。多材料打印：多种金属、聚合物、陶瓷、复合材料等的3D打印。混合制造：增材制造与减材制造技术的结合。功能性3D打印：功能性设计、功能性原型制作等。此外，还包括以下主题：CAD和3D数据采集技术、虚拟环境和虚拟现实、快速模具和快速制造、质量控制与增材制造标准、并行工程、生物打印与生物制造、混凝土打印。其他主题包括：电子制造/物联网、法律视角、经济学、社会和环境影响、案例研究等。本刊所有发表的科研论文均经过严格的同行评审，基于初步编辑筛选和独立专家评审员的匿名审稿。