Browsing MS Theses - DO NOT EDIT by Subject "Additive manufacturing"
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A DESIGN METHODOLOGY FOR CONTINUOUS FIBER ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING USING ADVANCED COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES
(2018-01-19)A design methodology for Continuous Carbon Fiber Additive Manufacturing (CCFAM) developed using Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) techniques takes advantage of both the mechanical strength of composite materials and the ... -
A study of effect of bond length on bond strength using transient heat transfer analysis
(2018-08-17)It is important to understand the mechanical properties of the bonding between the adjacent layers of 3D printed parts build by fused deposition modeling. The bonding process is highly nonlinear and depends on various ... -
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHODOLOGIES FOR MULTI PROCESS AND MULTI MATERIAL SCENARIOS
(2015-12-21)Additive Manufacturing processes have been developing and continuously improving but are primarily constrained to single materials, albeit some commercial multi extrusion 3D printers do exist where by it is possible to ... -
Additive Manufacturing Process Investigation for the Fabrication of Composite Scaffolds for Soft Tissue Application
(2018-05-09)Additive manufacturing has been investigated and employed in the bio-medical domain for the fabrication of various devices and scaffolds. In various soft tissue engineering applications, multi-functional multi-material ... -
Characterization of 3D printed PLA with the help of Mechanical, Di-electric and X-ray Diffraction techniques
(2019-05-17)Additive manufacturing (AM) revolutionized many industries, i.e., Automotive, Biomedical, Aerospace and Defense. As opposed to traditional manufacturing methods, a part is manufactured layer by layer from 3D CAD models in ... -
Design and Optimization of Additively Manufactured Heat Sink and Heat Spreader for Microelectronics Cooling
(2019-08-08)High performance cooling is a critical requirement for modern microprocessors that generate large amounts of non-uniformly distributed heat. Metal heat spreaders and heat sinks have been traditionally used for thermal ... -
Design Optimization of Race Car Steering Knuckle for Additive Manufacturing
(2017-05-19)Additive manufacturing enables increased geometric complexity in structural configuration compared with conventional manufacturing methods. A Physics-first Computer Aided engineering (CAE) process beginning with structural ... -
Development of an advanced geometry toolkit framework for fitting complex topology-optimized mesh structures
Additive Manufacturing is playing a significant role in developing complex geometries which are not possible by conventional Manufacturing Processes. Topology optimization is playing key a role in deciding conceptual design ... -
EFFECT OF MANUFACTURING-INDUCED DEFECTS AND ORIENTATION ON THE FAILURE AND FRACTURE MECHANISM OF 3D PRINTED STRUCTURES
(2016-12-20)Additive manufacturing is a rapidly growing cutting edge technology. Number of experimental studies have shown that strength of product manufactured by additive Fused Deposition Method (FDM) is influenced by different ... -
Enhancing Tensile Strength of FDM parts using Thermal Annealing and Uniaxial Pressure
(2019-01-15)Additive manufacturing has been a revolutionary and disruptive technological development in the field of design and manufacturing with Fused deposition modelling (FDM) being at the forefront of this technology. But it is ... -
EVALUATING THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZED LOW-COST 3D PRINTED HEAT SINK MADE OF COPPER
(2021-05-09)The performance of a heat sink is highly dependent on the overall surface area available for heat transfer. Designing heat sinks with greater surface areas meant bigger size, weight, and volume of heat-exchanger thus making ... -
Experimental investigation of effect of support structure geometry on the microstructure and metallurgical properties of IN718 parts fabricated by selective laser melting
(2020-08-10)Additive Manufacturing is a modern manufacturing technique that provides extreme design freedom and the ability to manufacture multiple parts with high complexities at the same time. Various fabrication techniques have ... -
Investigation of Additive Manufacturing Using Industrial Robots
(2016-05-10)Conventional additive manufacturing platforms are controlled using G-code, a numerical control language used to define the process parameters and move- ment of the print head. First, a digital model of the desired shape ... -
INVESTIGATION OF THE MICROSTRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SELECTIVELY LASER MELTED IN718 OVERHANGS FABRICATED WITHOUT SUPPORT STRUCTURES
(2021-05-07)Additive manufacturing is a new manufacturing technology that allows for extreme design freedom as well as the simultaneous production of many parts with high complexities. IN718 is a high-strength, corrosion-resistant ... -
INVESTIGATION ON MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POROUS STRUCTURES PROCESSED BY LASER POWDER BED FUSION
(2021-05-07)Inconel 718 (i.e., IN718) is a prominent nickel-based, precipitation-hardening superalloy which exhibits exceptionally stable mechanical and corrosion resistant properties, even at temperature range of 650ºC to 700ºC, ... -
MANUFACTURING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A 3D-PRINTABLE, ANTIBACTERIAL, MAGNESIUM OXIDE NANOPARTICLES REINFORCED ABS FILAMENT
(2017-06-08)This research work consists of two phases. In phase one it is intended to manufacture an antibacterial 3D printable filament by extruding a solid state mixture of (MgO) nanoparticles (NPs) and Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene ... -
Material Characterization and Fracture Prediction of FDM Printed Parts
(2019-11-18)In order to take advantage of the design freedom that Additive Manufacturing offers, most applications require reliable material characterization. This can ensure that a design performs within its environment and life ... -
MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED DIGITAL MATERIALS
(2023-05-19)Over the past decades, additive manufacturing has become a critical material processing tool. All ranges of materials including polymers, composites, metals, and ceramics can be used to fabricate structures with complex ... -
On the Development and Integration of Pneumatic Extrusion Module and a Methodology to Identify Process Parameters for Additive Manufacturing using Machine Learning
(2018-05-09)Commonly used additive manufacturing platforms have a single extrusion module based on Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) and their processing software generates G-Codes for this FFF module using defined process parameters. ... -
PREDICTING MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF 3D PRINTED STRUCTURES USING MECHANICS OF COMPOSITES AND FRACTURE
(2018-05-22)Recently, additive manufacturing, or 3D printing as it is more commonly called, has taken a big leap in the manufacturing industry. This technology is rapidly moving from prototyping to manufacturing using metals, polymers, ...