Additive manufacturing of polymer materials: Progress, promise and challenges

S Saleh Alghamdi, S John, N Roy Choudhury… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of additive manufacturing (AM) has moved well beyond prototyping and has been
established as a highly versatile manufacturing method with demonstrated potential to …

Polymers for 3D printing and customized additive manufacturing

SC Ligon, R Liska, J Stampfl, M Gurr… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Additive manufacturing (AM) alias 3D printing translates computer-aided design (CAD)
virtual 3D models into physical objects. By digital slicing of CAD, 3D scan, or tomography …

A review on additive manufacturing of polymer-fiber composites

P Parandoush, D Lin - Composite Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing (AM) of polymer-fiber composites has transformed AM into a robust
manufacturing paradigm and enabled producing highly customized parts with significantly …

Laser additive manufacturing of metallic components: materials, processes and mechanisms

DD Gu, W Meiners, K Wissenbach… - International …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Unlike conventional materials removal methods, additive manufacturing (AM) is based on a
novel materials incremental manufacturing philosophy. Additive manufacturing implies layer …

Finite element simulation of selective laser melting process considering optical penetration depth of laser in powder bed

A Foroozmehr, M Badrossamay, E Foroozmehr… - Materials & Design, 2016 - Elsevier
A three dimensional finite element model (FEM) is introduced in this work in order to
simulate the melt pool size during the Selective Laser Melting (SLM) process. The model …

Current understanding and challenges in high temperature additive manufacturing of engineering thermoplastic polymers

A Das, CA Chatham, JJ Fallon, CE Zawaski… - Additive …, 2020 - Elsevier
The strengths of additive manufacturing (AM), especially the tool-less manufacturing
paradigm and rapid production of low-volume products, are well-aligned with the needs of …

A survey of finite element analysis of temperature and thermal stress fields in powder bed fusion Additive Manufacturing

Z Luo, Y Zhao - Additive Manufacturing, 2018 - Elsevier
This survey aims to provide a review on the application of finite element method to optimize
process parameters and improve the mechanical performance of a part fabricated by …

Laser sintering of polyamides and other polymers

RD Goodridge, CJ Tuck, RJM Hague - Progress in Materials science, 2012 - Elsevier
With the evolution of additive techniques from prototyping tools (Rapid Prototyping; RP) to
the production of actual end-use parts (Additive Manufacturing; AM), there is a growing need …

[HTML][HTML] On thermal modeling of Additive Manufacturing processes

P Foteinopoulos, A Papacharalampopoulos… - CIRP Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
A two-dimensional Finite Difference (FD) model of the thermal history of parts manufactured
in powder bed fusion Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes is presented. The temperature …

Lasers and materials in selective laser sintering

JP Kruth, X Wang, T Laoui, L Froyen - Assembly Automation, 2003 - emerald.com
Selective laser sintering (SLS) is one of the most rapidly growing rapid prototyping
techniques (RPT). This is mainly due to its suitability to process almost any material …