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A study on the effect of print parameters on mechanical properties of parts manufactured using additive manufacturing
DownloadFall 2017
This thesis presents an investigation on material-process interaction of vat-photopolymerization processes. The effect of different printing factors on tensile properties is studied. Two vat-photopolymerization processes are considered: Digital Light Processing (DLP) and Stereolithography (SLA)....
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A Study on the Strain-Rate- and Stress-State-Dependent Behavior of Advanced Ceramics: Experimental Mechanics and Multiscale Simulations
DownloadFall 2024
Design and development of better-performing ceramic structures are vital in industry-driven applications where a wide range of strain rates and stress states are induced in the material (e.g., impact events). Accordingly, this thesis investigates the strain-rate and stress-state-dependent...
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Development of a Multi-material Extruder System to 3D Print Hard Thermoplastics, Soft Elastomers and Liquid Metals
DownloadSpring 2019
Functional sensors often consist of rigid parts, soft rubber-like parts, and mechanically tunable electronic components. As part of a larger project to 3D print tunable antennas, it was tasked to develop a printer that could directly produce 3D stretchable electronics with soft and hard...
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Spring 2020
Fused deposition modelling has become one of the most prominent additive manufacturing processes for the fabrication of thermoplastic polymers. It is generally used for rapid prototyping and industrial batch production, and due to its capabilities to fabricate a wide range of materials, FDM is...
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Investigation of Mechanical Properties, Porosity and Geometric Deviation of Lattice Structures Manufactured by Additive Manufacturing
DownloadSpring 2022
This thesis reports fabrication, mechanical characterization, finite element modeling, and geometric analysis of lattice structures. A net-shaped 316L stainless steel lattice structure composed of diamond unit cells was fabricated by selective laser melting (SLM). The cavities in the lattice...
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Manufacturing and evaluation of the tensile properties of 3D printed human hair reinforced composites
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This thesis proposes a novel method to 3D print human hair-based polymer composites. Human hair is a biological fiber whose microstructure is well-defined. It possesses high tensile strength, thermal insulation, a unique chemical composition, and elastic recovery, among other qualities. However,...
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Technical and Design Optimizations of the Polymer Extrusion 3D Printing Process towards Circular Economy
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Plastics have emerged as one of the essential materials present on the planet. However, its accumulation can negatively impact the environment if not disposed of properly. To counter this issue, the ‘Circular Economy’ is one such economic growth model with one of the objectives of using plastic...