Additive manufacturing (AM, also commonly termed 3D printing) is progressing from being a
rapid prototyping tool to serving as pillar of the Industry 4.0 revolution. Thanks to their low …

Composite materials are a combination of two or more types of materials used to enhance
the mechanical and structural properties of engineering products. When fibers are mixed in …

Due to the availability of materials and low cost for production, fused deposition modeling is
becoming the most widely used additive manufacturing (AM) technology. However, the …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the functionality of additively manufactured
(AM) parts, mainly depending on their dimensional accuracy and surface finish. However …

Additive Manufacturing technique has the capacity to fabricate 3D parts with complex
geometries, but these parts contain some defects, including increased roughness, poor …

The inherent complex microstructure and the varied process parameters make predicting the
mechanical properties of material extrusion additive manufacturing produced parts a …

This study aims at showing the potential of additive manufacturing as a new processing
route for designing future insulators in the building sector. Polycarbonate (PC) is studied as …

In the present study, a comparison of two widely used optimization approaches for fused
deposition modeling (FDM), that is, Taguchi method in contrast with response surface …

Fused deposition modeling (FDM) is one of the most economical and popular technology
amongst numerous additive manufacturing techniques. The quality of FDM fabricated parts …

A discontinuous fiber-reinforced polymer composite (DFRPC) provides superior mechanical
performances in material extrusion additive manufacturing (MEAM) parts, and thus promotes …