Flexural Properties of Lattices Fabricated with Planar and Curved Layered Fused Filament Fabrication

The use of curved layers in fused filament fabrication could lead to various advantages in surface finishing and mechanical properties. Here, the influence of three different structural and manufacturing parameters (volume fraction, raster arrangement, and the use of curved or planar layers) on the...

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Published in:Materials 2023-04, Vol.16 (9), p.3451
Main Authors: Pérez-Castillo, José Luis, Mora, Angel, Perez-Santiago, Rogelio, Roman-Flores, Armando, Ahmad, Rafiq, Cuan-Urquizo, Enrique
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Additive manufacturing
Finite element method
Fused deposition modeling
Geometry
Mathematical models
Mechanical properties
Polylactic acid
Porous materials
Raster
Surface finishing
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Summary:The use of curved layers in fused filament fabrication could lead to various advantages in surface finishing and mechanical properties. Here, the influence of three different structural and manufacturing parameters (volume fraction, raster arrangement, and the use of curved or planar layers) on the mechanical properties of lattice structures under three-point bending is studied. Two different raster arrangements were considered, i.e., those with rasters at planes parallel to the principal axes of the samples and those diagonally arranged, all at four different volume fractions. All different samples were additively manufactured using planar and curved layers. Samples were further dimensionally inspected to refine the computational models before their analysis via finite element simulations. The linear elastic region of the load-displacement curves was further analyzed numerically via finite element models. Predictions with finite element models resulted in good agreement with errors below 10%. Samples with diagonal rasters were 70% softer than those parallel to the principal axes.
ISSN:1996-1944
1996-1944
DOI:10.3390/ma16093451