Tensile strength enhancement of fused filament fabrication printed parts: a review of process improvement approaches and respective impact

TQ Tran, FL Ng, JTY Kai, S Feih, MLS Nai - Additive Manufacturing, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) is a rapidly growing and widely used 3D printing
process with many practical applications thanks to its superior advantages such as ease of …

Review on melt flow simulations for thermoplastics and their fiber reinforced composites in fused deposition modeling

X Xu, H Ren, S Chen, X Luo, F Zhao, Y Xiong - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fused deposition modeling (FDM) has been one of the most widely used additive
manufacturing techniques due to its ease of use and widespread availability. Recent years …

A thermodynamic framework for the additive manufacturing of crystallizing polymers. Part I: A theory that accounts for phase change, shrinkage, warpage and residual …

P Sreejith, K Kannan, KR Rajagopal - International Journal of Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
A rigorous, comprehensive, and thermodynamically consistent theory has been developed
for the fused deposition modelling (FDM) of semi-crystalline polymers. It is sufficiently …

Numerical investigation on the viscoelastic polymer flow in material extrusion additive manufacturing

H Zhang, F Ye, F Chen, W Yuan, W Yan - Additive Manufacturing, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, high-fidelity direct numerical simulations (DNSs) are carried out to explore the
behavior of viscoelastic polymer flow in direct ink writing (DIW) additive manufacturing. The …

Implementation of nozzle motion for material extrusion additive manufacturing in Ansys Fluent

M Galloway, S Hin Lam, H Amel… - Virtual and Physical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Most computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling of material extrusion additive
manufacturing (MEX-AM) mainly relies on a moving boundary condition applied to the print …

3D direct ink printed materials for chemical conversion and environmental remediation applications: a review

JZY Tan, MA Ávila-López, A Jahanbakhsh… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
3D printing technologies and continuous flow microreaction systems are rapidly gaining
attention in the domain of heterogeneous catalysis. From a materials perspective …

[HTML][HTML] Bicomponent melt-spinning of filaments for material extrusion 3D printing

S Dul, E Perret, R Hufenus - Additive Manufacturing, 2024 - Elsevier
In material extrusion (MEX) 3D printing, the layer-by-layer structure often presents
challenges such as poor adhesion, void formation and rough surfaces, which can …

Role of polymer interactions in core–shell filaments in the mechanical properties of 3D printed objects

JR Ai, S Jang, W Fink, SH Kim, BD Vogt - RSC Applied Polymers, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Multi-component structured filaments offer the potential for enhanced mechanical
performance in 3D printed plastics. Here, the interactions between filament components in …

Modeling and self-supporting printing simulation of fuse filament fabrication

X Ao, S Lin, J Liu, H Xia, J Meng - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
This study presented a comprehensive computational fluid dynamics-based model for fused
filament fabrication (FFF) three-dimensional (3D) printing multiphase and multiphysics …

Hybrid coaxial 3D printing with nested-screw mechanism: Optimizing material integration and structural performance for coaxial designs

B Wang, X Deng, Y Ming, F Wang, Z Xin, M Gu… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2024 - Elsevier
The emergence of multi-material extrusion systems has opened up new possibilities for 3D
printing, spurring research on the combination of diverse materials and structures to …