Mechanical performance of additively manufactured fiber-reinforced functionally graded lattices
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Author(s)
Plocher, János
Panesar, Ajit
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Latticing has become a common design practice in additive manufacturing (AM) and represents a key lightweighting strategy to date. Functional graded lattices (FGLs) have recently gained immense traction in the AM community, offering a unique way of tailoring the structural performance. This paper constitutes the first ever investigation on the combination of graded strut- and surface-based lattices with fiber-reinforced AM to further increase the performance-to-weight ratio. The energy absorption behavior of cubic lattice specimens composed of body-centered cubic and Schwarz-P unit cells with different severities of grading but the same mass, considered for uniaxial compression testing and printed by fused deposition modelling of short fiber-reinforced nylon, were investigated. The results elucidate that grading affects the energy absorption capability and deformation behavior of these lattice types differently. These findings can provide engineers with valuable insight into the properties of FGLs, aiding targeted rather than expertise-driven utilization of lattices in design for AM.
Date Issued
2020-03
Date Acceptance
2019-12-19
Citation
JOM Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 2020, 72 (3), pp.1292-1298
ISSN
1047-4838
Publisher
Springer
Start Page
1292
End Page
1298
Journal / Book Title
JOM Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
Volume
72
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11837-019-03961-3
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Mineralogy
Mining & Mineral Processing
Materials Science
ENERGY-ABSORPTION
TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION
CONTINUOUS CARBON
FABRICATION
COMPOSITES
DESIGN
0912 Materials Engineering
0913 Mechanical Engineering
0914 Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy
Materials
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-12-19