by Dirk Lehmhus Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM, Wiener Straße 12, 28359 Bremen, GermanyMetals 2024, 14(3), 334; https://doi.org/10.3390/met14030334Submission received: 25 February 2024 / Accepted: 8 March 2024 / Published: 14 March 2024(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Metal Casting Technology) 1. Introduction It is a platitude that science and technology do not necessarily evolve along straight paths.
by Filip Nikolić 1,2,3,Ivan Štajduhar 4,* andMarko Čanađija 1,*1Department of Engineering Mechanics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia2Research and Development Department, CIMOS d.d. Automotive Industry, 6000 Koper, Slovenia3CAE Department, Elaphe Propulsion Technologies Ltd., 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia4Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia*Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed. Abstract This paper