Abstract
AbstractHerein, a research and engineering gap, i.e., the quantitative determination of the effects of the compressive loading rate on the engineering response of the most popular polymers in Material Extrusion (MEX) Additive Manufacturing (AM) is successfully filled out. PLA (Polylactic Acid), ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene), PP (Polypropylene), and PA12 (Polyamide 12) raw powders were evaluated and melt-extruded to produce fully documented filaments for 3D printing. Compressive specimens after the ASTM-D695 standard were then fabricated with MEX AM. The compressive tests were carried out in pure quasi-static conditions of the test standard (1.3 mm/min) and in accelerated loading rates of 50, 100, 150, and 200 mm/min respectively per polymer. The experimental and evaluation course proved differences in engineering responses among different polymers, in terms of compressive strength, elasticity modulus, toughness, and strain rate sensitivity index. A common finding was that the increase in the strain rate increased the mechanical response of the polymeric parts. The increase in the compressive strength reached 25% between the lowest and the highest strain rates the parts were tested for most polymers. Remarkable variations of deformation and fracture modes were also observed and documented. The current research yielded results with valuable predictive capacity for modeling and engineering modeling, which hold engineering and industrial merit.
Funder
Hellenic Mediterranean University
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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2 articles.
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