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ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED METALLIC CELLULAR STRUCTURES
… work aimed to investigate the performance of additively manufactured cellular structures for lightweight and sandwich core applications. In the present work, cellular structures were manufactured using an AM technique called laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF). Two L-PBF build parameters, hatch …
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Structural limitations of additively manufactured building panels
… roofing and walls in low-cost Costa Rican homes manufactured with additive manufacturing of recycled polymers. Designs were simulated iteratively in Solidworks and performance was measured based on weight, print time, and deflection under loading. Loads were calculated based on standards from the …
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Additively Manufactured Bioinspired Microstructures for Active Surface Modification
<p>Advancements in additive manufacturing have facilitated the development of bioinspired microstructures, which hold promise for applications, such as liquid transport, self-cleaning, and anti-icing. However, the controllability of these microstructures remains an area requiring further …
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Additively Manufactured Flexible Piezoelectric Wave-Based Multifunctional Sensor
<p>The demand for acoustic wave-based sensors has rapidly increased in the aerospace, chemical, gas, and biological fields due to their versatility in sensing measurands. This study aims to develop a flexible piezoelectric sensor exhibiting enhanced piezoelectric properties using additive …
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Grain boundary engineering in additively manufactured polycrystalline materials
Additive manufacturing (AM) offers exceptional advantages over conventional manufacturing methods, including unparalleled flexibility, design freedom, and the capability to produce complex near-net-shape components with minimal material waste. Grain boundary engineering (GBE) is a well-established …
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Jet fuel oxidation on metal additively manufactured tubes
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01
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Stiffness prediction methods for additively manufactured lattice structures
… adidas has scaled its 4D program to mass produce additively manufactured shoe midsoles. The 4D midsoles are constructed from lattice structures, and if there is variation in the manufacturing process, the structure's material and/or geometric properties may be altered. This means midsoles may have …
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Bioinspired algorithmic-driven design of additively manufactured composites
After billions of years of evolution, it comes as no surprise that biological materials are identified as invaluable sources of inspiration in the search for new materials. Bone, teeth, and spider silk, to name a few, are high-performing biological composites that possess impressive mechanical …
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Additively Manufactured Dielectric Elastomer Actuators: Development and Performance Enhancement
<p>The recently emerging and actively growing areas of soft robotics and morphing structures promise endless opportunities in a wide range of engineering fields, including biomedical, industrial, and aerospace. Soft actuators and sensors are essential components of any soft robot or morphing …
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Experimental Characterization of Additively Manufactured Multi-Feather Wingtip Devices
… involved using composite weaves to reinforce additively manufactured structures was developed. This technique has the potential to reduce manufacturing times by as much as three weeks, when compared to traditional manufacturing methods. Three “featherlet” wing tip attachments were designed and …
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A Design Flow for Additively Manufactured 3D Metasurface Antennas
<p>Metasurface (MTS) antennas are complex arrays consisting of hundreds or thousands of individual elements that each exert their own influence on the performance of the antenna. Due to this, the process of designing and developing a MTS antenna can be intensive in terms of both the time to …
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Wireless Coupled Feed Structure for Additively Manufactured Conformal Antennas
… the viability of the wireless feed structure for additively manufactured antennas. </strong></p>
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Simulation and Experimental Testing of Additively Manufactured Strain Gauges
Additive manufacturing has seen a rapid increase as a method of fabricating both design phase prototypes and end-user products. The increase in development of the technology has driven the development of new products such as conductive 3D printer filaments that can be used to fabricate electrically …
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Multiscale Impact Mechanics of Additively Manufactured Periodic Cellular Solids
Cellular materials have superior weight-specific properties, including energy absorption (EA) capabilities, as compared to solid, monolithic materials. Regular periodic lattices, a subset of cellular materials, are of increasing interest for their repeatable and customizable behavior, particularly …
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Manufacture and Characterization of Additively Manufactured Ceramic Electromagnetic Structures
Additive Manufacturing (AM, also known as 3D printing) can produce novel three-dimensional structures using low-loss dielectric materials. This enables the construction of dielectrics with complex shapes that enable innovative microwave applications such as resonators, filters, and metamaterial …
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Novel Gel-Infused Additively Manufactured Hybrid Rocket Solid Fuels
… for such systems can be generated. In this work, additively manufactured polypropylene solid fuel grains were infused with gels as a means of significantly altering the fuel burning rates in a lab scale hybrid rocket motor. Gels based on Jet-A were created using both particulate (fumed silica, …
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Custom-Engineered and Additively Manufactured Components for Strengthening Steel Bridges
Corrosion-induced section loss remains a primary deterioration mechanism in aging steel bridge infrastructure, reducing stifness and load-carrying capacity. Current inspection practices are largely qualitative, and conventional repair methods often restore nominal area without fully addressing …
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Advancing structural applications of nickel electrodeposition onto additively manufactured polymers
Metal electrodeposition onto polymeric substrates yields a favorable method to produce high-quality components for injection molding and other manufacturing and engineering applications. This work examines the fundamental electrochemical mechanisms involved in the deposition of nickel from a …
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Electroforming of personalized miniature metal parts using additively manufactured molds
… this thesis centers on the development of additively manufactured molds to facilitate the electroforming of personalized metal parts. The methodology encompasses standardized mold design, experimental procedures for mold development and electroforming, and a simulation model for visualizing …
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