Rapid Prototyping Journal
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The international journal for research on additive manufacturing and 3D printing
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Development and characterization of composite materials with multi-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoplatelets for powder bed fusion
Ana C. Lopes, Álvaro M. Sampaio, António J. PontesWith the technological progress, high-performance materials are emerging in the market of additive manufacturing to comply with the advanced requirements demanded for technical…
Rapid prototyping of 3d printed micropillars using fused filament fabrication technique for biomedical applications
Shamima Khatoon, Gufran AhmadThe hygroscopic properties of 3D-printed filaments and moisture absorption itself during the process result in dimensional inaccuracy, particularly for nozzle movement along the…
Additively manufactured medical bone screws: an initial study to investigate the impact of lattice-based Voronoi structure on implant primary stability
Chiara Bregoli, Jacopo Fiocchi, Carlo Alberto Biffi, Ausonio TuissiThe present study investigates the mechanical properties of three types of Ti6Al4V ELI bone screws realized using the laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) process: a fully threaded…
Controlling anisotropy and brittle-to-ductile transitions by varying extrusion width in short fibre reinforced additive manufacturing
Jiongyi Yan, Emrah Demirci, Andrew GleadallExtrusion width, the width of printed filaments, affects multiple critical aspects in mechanical properties in material extrusion additive manufacturing: filament geometry…
Selection methodology for additive manufacturing processes considering design, material, and manufacturability
Suraj Goala, Prabir SarkarOne of the critical reasons for the nonacceptance of additive manufacturing (AM) processes is the lack of understanding and structured knowledge of design for additive…
Explainable deep neural network for in-plain defect detection during additive manufacturing
Deepak Kumar, Yongxin Liu, Houbing Song, Sirish NamilaeThe purpose of this study is to develop a deep learning framework for additive manufacturing (AM), that can detect different defect types without being trained on specific defect…
Experimental characterization, theoretical modeling and failure analysis of the mechanical behavior of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene parts by fused filament fabrication
Roberto Junior Algarín Roncallo, Luis Lisandro Lopez Taborda, Diego GuillenThe purpose of this research is present an experimental and numerical study of the mechanical properties of the acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) in the additive manufacturing…
Non-destructive evaluation of melt-extruded part quality using in situ data
Veera Harsha Vardhan Jilludimudi, Daniel Zhou, Eric Rubstov, Alexander Gonzalez, Will Daknis, Erin Gunn, David PrawelThis study aims to collect real-time, in situ data from polymer melt extrusion (ME) 3D printing and use only the collected data to non-destructively identify printed parts that…
Investigations on friction stir spot welding to overcome bed size limits of material extrusion (MEX) 3D printers
Vivek Kumar Tiwary, Arunkumar Padmakumar, Vinayak R. MalikMaterial extrusion (MEX) 3D printers suffer from an intrinsic limitation of small size of the prints due to its restricted bed dimension. On the other hand, friction stir spot…
Analysis of additively manufactured flexible wing model
Rossana Fernandes, Benyang Hu, Zhichao Wang, Zheng Zhang, Ali Y. TamijaniThis paper aims to assess the feasibility of additively manufactured wind tunnel models. The additively manufactured model was used to validate a computational framework allowing…
Determination of the elastoplastic properties of Ti-6Al-4V alloy manufactured by electron beam melting
Fatih Yılmaz, Ercan Gürses, Melin ŞahinThis study aims to evaluate and assess the elastoplastic properties of Ti-6Al-4V alloy manufactured by Arcam Q20 Plus electron beam melting (EBM) machine by a tensile test…
Study of parametric interaction during fused filament fabrication (FFF) using interpretive structural modelling (ISM) followed by experimental analysis
Shekhar Sharma, Saurav Datta, Tarapada Roy, Siba Sankar MahapatraFused filament fabrication (FFF) is a type of additive manufacturing (AM) based on materials extrusion. It is the most widely practiced AM route, especially used for polymer-based…
Experimental study of adhesive joints with mechanical interlocking of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) parts fabricated for fused filament (FFF)
Erwin Molino Alvarez, Sergio Andres Quintana González, Luis Lisandro Lopez Taborda, Enrique Esteban Niebles NuñezAdditive manufacturing has disadvantages, such as the maximum part size being limited by the machine’s working volume. Therefore, if a part more considerable than the working…
Flexible and multi-material intrinsically conductive polymer devices fabricated via DLP and DIW additive manufacturing techniques
Kyle Engel, Paul Andrew Kilmartin, Olaf DiegelThe purpose of this study is to explore the synthesis of novel conductive photo-resins to produce flexible conducting composites for use in additive manufacturing. By using direct…
Prioritization and deployment of design for additive manufacturing strategies to an automotive component
Sakthivel Murugan R., Vinodh S.This paper aims to propose a new framework on prioritizing and deployment of design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) strategies to an industrial component using Fuzzy TOPSIS…
Tapping the potential of rapid prototyping techniques in creating a paradigm shift in the fabrication of occlusal splints
Ashish Kaushik, Ramesh Kumar GargThis study aims to cover the overall gamut of rapid prototyping processes and biomaterials used for the fabrication of occlusal splints in a comprehensive manner and elucidate the…
Exploring innovation system dynamics: event history analysis of the evolution of the South African additive manufacturing industry
Michelle McClelland, Sara Grobbelaar, Natasha SacksThis paper aims to explore the growth of the South African additive manufacturing (AM) industry over the past 31 years through the lens of the innovation system (IS) perspective…
Evaluation of the mechanical properties of polyamide 12 regarding different percentages of reused material in the selective laser sintering process
Rafael Couto da Silva, Gabriela Wessling Oening Dicati, José Eduardo Gubaua, Eduardo Radovanovic, Sílvia Luciana FavaroAdditive manufacturing (AM) has been one of the most highlighted processes of the last few years. AM prints complex parts and items from 3D files regarding different materials…
Influence of copper interlayer on the interface characteristics of stainless steel–aluminium transitional structure in wire arc directed energy deposition
Amrit Raj Paul, Manidipto Mukherjee, Mohit Kumar SahuThe purpose of this study is to investigate the deposition of SS–Al transitional wall using the wire arc directed energy deposition (WA-DED) process with a Cu interlayer. This…
Dynamic response of 3D printed functionally graded sandwich foams
Dileep Bonthu, Bharath H.S., Siddappa I. Bekinal, P. Jeyaraj, Mrityunjay DoddamaniThe purpose of this study was to introduce three-dimensional printing (3DP) of functionally graded sandwich foams (FGSFs). This work was continued by predicting the mechanical…
A study of selective laser melting process for pure zinc and Zn10mg alloy on process parameters and mechanical properties
Muhammad Waqas, Dingyong He, Zhen Tan, Peng Yang, Mu Gao, Xingye GuoThe selective laser melting (SLM) technique, as a typical additive manufacturing process, is widely used for the fabrication of metallic biomedical components. In terms of…
A novel optimization framework for minimizing the surface roughness while increasing the material processing rate in the SLM process of 316L stainless steel
Iván La Fé-Perdomo, Jorge Andres Ramos-Grez, Ramón Quiza, Ignacio Jeria, Carolina Guerra316 L stainless steel alloy is potentially the most used material in the selective laser melting (SLM) process because of its versatility and broad fields of applications (e.g…
3D printing of continuous cellulose fibre composites: microstructural and mechanical characterisation
Fabienne Touchard, Damien Marchand, Laurence Chocinski-Arnault, Teddy Fournier, Christophe MagroAdditive manufacturing is a recent technology used in the production of composite materials. The use of continuous fibres as reinforcement is necessary to achieve high mechanical…
A state-of-the-art digital factory integrating digital twin for laser additive and subtractive manufacturing processes
Usman Tariq, Ranjit Joy, Sung-Heng Wu, Muhammad Arif Mahmood, Asad Waqar Malik, Frank LiouThis study aims to discuss the state-of-the-art digital factory (DF) development combining digital twins (DTs), sensing devices, laser additive manufacturing (LAM) and subtractive…
Mapping the structural properties of zinc scaffold fabricated via rapid tooling for bone tissue engineering applications
Abhishek Kansal, Akshay Dvivedi, Pradeep KumarThe purpose of this study to investigate the organized porous network zinc (OPNZ) scaffolds. Their mechanical characteristics, surface roughness and fracture mechanism were…
Precise determination of initial printable time for cement mortar 3D printing using a derivative method
Piti Sukontasukkul, Buchit Maho, Sila Komkham, Satharat Pianfuengfoo, Hexin (Johnson) Zhang, Doo-Yeol Yoo, Weerachart Tangchirapat, Worathep Sae-Long, Suchart Limkatanyu, Prinya ChindaprasirtThis study aims to propose a technique that establishes a mathematical relationship between width and time, and utilizes a derivative method to determine the initial printable…
Sensitivity enhancement through geometry modification of 3D printed conductive PLA-based strain sensors
Dhinesh S.K., Senthil Kumar Kallippatti LakshmananThe purpose of this study is to increasing the gauge factor, reducing the hysteresis error and improving the stability over cyclic deformations of a conductive polylactic acid…
Controlling degree of foaming in extrusion 3D printing of porous polylactic acid
Iniya Dinakaran, Chowdhury Sakib-Uz-Zaman, Arafater Rahman, Mohammad Abu Hasan KhondokerThis paper aims to understand the effect of extrusion conditions on the degree of foaming of polylactic acid (PLA) during three-dimensional (3D) printing. It was also targeted to…
Determination of cell size/structures and mechanical properties of additively manufactured metallic components using X-ray technique
Kevin Moj, Robert Owsiński, Grzegorz Robak, Munish Kumar GuptaAdditive manufacturing (AM), a rapidly evolving paradigm, has shown significant advantages over traditional subtractive processing routines by allowing for the custom creation of…
Distribution of temperature and residual stresses in GMA-DED based wire-arc additive manufacturing
Shekhar Srivastava, Rajiv Kumar Garg, Anish Sachdeva, Vishal S. Sharma, Sehijpal Singh, Munish Kumar GuptaGas metal arc-based directed energy deposition (GMA-DED) process experiences residual stress (RS) developed due to heat accumulation during successive layer deposition as a…
Effect of FDM printing patterns on mechanical properties of ABS
Rodrigo Enzo de Prada, Guillermo Rubén Bossio, Mariano Martín BrunoThe purpose of this study is to investigate how the amount of material used and printing parameters affect the mechanical and water sorption properties of acrylonitrile butadiene…
Investigation on the indentation performance of 3D printed re-entrant diamond auxetic metamaterial: printability and tailorability for futuristic applications
Niranjan Chikkanna, Shankar Krishnapillai, Velmurugan RamachandranAuxetics are the class of cellular materials with a negative Poisson’s ratio. This paper aims to study the low-cost 3D printing capabilities and printing variations and improve…
A novel eco-friendly abrasive media based abrasive flow machining of 3D printed PLA parts using IGWO and ANN
Abdul Wahab Hashmi, Harlal Singh Mali, Anoj Meena, Shadab Ahmad, Yebing TianThree-dimensional (3D) printed parts usually have poor surface quality due to layer manufacturing’s “stair casing/stair-stepping”. So post-processing is typically needed to…
Cryogenic tensile performance of 3D printed onyx–continuous carbon fiber composites
Sanna F. Siddiqui, Andre Archer, Dustin Fandetti, Carl McGeeThe aerospace, energy and automotive industries have seen wide use of composite materials because of their excellent mechanical properties, along with the benefit of weight…
Additive manufacturing of Inconel-625: from powder production to bulk samples printing
Asif Ur Rehman, Burak Karakas, Muhammad Arif Mahmood, Berkan Başaran, Rashid Ur Rehman, Mertcan Kirac, Marwan Khraisheh, Metin Uymaz Salamci, Rahmi ÜnalFor metal additive manufacturing, metallic powders are usually produced by vacuum induction gas atomization (VIGA) through the breakup of liquid metal into tiny droplets by gas…
Design optimization of 3D printed flow path plates in high-performance bioethanol fuel cells
Manikandamaharaj T.S., Jaffar Ali B.M.Effective performance of a direct ethanol fuel cell (FC) stack depends on the satisfactory operation of its individual cells where it is always challenging to manage the…
Sine-based lattice plates: additive manufacturing and their mechanical properties when loaded out of plane
Diana L. Ramírez-Gutiérrez, Enrique Cuan-Urquizo, Rita Q. Fuentes-AguilarDemanding applications could benefit from the mathematical parametrization of lattice structures as this could lead not only to the characterization of structure–property relation…
Predicting geometric errors and failures in additive manufacturing
Margarita Ntousia, Ioannis Fudos, Spyridon Moschopoulos, Vasiliki StamatiObjects fabricated using additive manufacturing (AM) technologies often suffer from dimensional accuracy issues and other part-specific problems. This study aims to present a…
Experimental characterization of the mechanical properties of 3D printed TPU auxetic cellular materials under cyclic compressive loadings
Amador Chapa, Enrique Cuan-Urquizo, PD Urbina-Coronado, Armando Roman-FloresFused filament fabrication (FFF) is a popular technique in rapid prototyping capable of building complex structures with high porosity such as cellular solids. The study of…
Efficient toolpath planning for collaborative material extrusion machines
Antonio Bacciaglia, Alessandro CerutiTiming constraints affect the manufacturing of traditional large-scale components through the material extrusion technique. Thus, researchers are exploring using many independent…
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