Advancements in surface finish for additive manufacturing of metal parts: a comprehensive review of plasma electrolytic polishing (PEP)

J Valentinčič, JE Koroth, H Zeidler - Virtual and Physical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Additive manufacturing (AM) has become a popular technique for producing metal parts due
to its design flexibility, shorter lead time and lower material consumption. However, the …

Fatigue life prediction of composite tidal turbine blades

H Gonabadi, A Oila, A Yadav, S Bull - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Fibre reinforced polymer composites are frequently used in the design of tidal turbine blades
where cyclic stresses brought on by the velocity fluctuations of tidal currents limit the in …

Experimental investigation of the effect of infill parameters on dynamic compressive performance of 3D-Printed carbon fiber reinforced polyethylene terephthalate …

M Chihi, M Tarfaoui, Y Qureshi… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The current investigation evaluates the compressive response of 3D-printed carbon fiber-
reinforced PETG thermoplastics to optimize different infill parameters when loaded at high …

Structural analysis of carbon fiber 3D-printed ribs for small wind turbine blades

VA Ramírez-Elías, N Damian-Escoto, K Choo… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work provides a structural analysis of small-scale 3D-printed wind turbine ribs
subjected to compression. The ribs were manufactured according to NACA 23015 and …

Investigating Marine Environmental Degradation of Additive Manufacturing Materials for Renewable Energy Applications

P Murdy, J O'Dell, D Barnes, JR McVey, C Rumple - 2023 - osti.gov
Marine renewable energy is a relatively young industry where there is a great need for rapid
prototyping in design-build-test campaigns to quickly mature groundbreaking technologies …

3D printing soft robots integrated with low-melting-point alloys

L Jin, X Zhai, K Zhang, J Jiang, WH Liao - 2024 - ore.exeter.ac.uk
Soft robots are developed and applied in aspects such as grasping delicate objects. Their
inherent flexibility also enables applications that are unattainable by humans, especially …

Modal Analysis of an Additively Manufacturing Scaled Wind Turbine Blade

AK Zarzoor, AA Shandookh, AA Jaber… - Journal of …, 2024 - jcamech.ut.ac.ir
The efficiency and reliability work best in renewable energy systems highly dependent on
the wellness of the designing of wind turbine blade. Additive manufacturing, namely 3D …