Additive manufacturing optimization of an aeronautical gearbox housing

The aim of this thesis is to study and redesign an aeronautical gearbox housing, using the new design opportunity given by the Additive Manufacturing (AM): a process by which digital 3D design data is used to build up a component in layers by depositing material. Additive manufacturing makes possible to create free-form objects not bounded with the constraints of the traditional manufacturing processes (such as casting, forming, molding and machining,etc.).