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Mechanical and Physical Characterization of Parts Manufactured by 3D Printing

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Materials Design and Applications IV

Part of the book series: Advanced Structured Materials ((STRUCTMAT,volume 168))

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Fused deposition modelling is an additive manufacturing technique, classified as one of the most popular 3D manufacturing processes, because of its low cost and easy usability, resulting in good quality products. However, the mechanical properties of manufactured pieces depend on the base material properties, manufacturing parameters and room conditions (temperature and moisture). For those reasons, to obtain the optimal conditions, three different types of experimental tests were performed: tensile, flexural and water absorption. These tests were carried out to determine ABS and PLA’s mechanical and physical properties, which are the main materials used in FDM technique. Results showed that PLA has higher values of tensile and flexural strength comparatively to ABS and, in the other hand, ABS had greater weight of water absorption.

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The authors acknowledge the financing by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) under the strategic grants UIDB/00690/2020. This research work was also partially funded by EXPL2021CIMO_01.

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  1. Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, C. Sta. Apolónia, 5300-253, Bragança, Portugal

    C. Oliveira, J. Rocha & J. E. Ribeiro

  2. CIMO, C. Sta. Apolónia, 5300-253, Bragança, Portugal

    J. E. Ribeiro

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Oliveira, C., Rocha, J., Ribeiro, J.E. (2023). Mechanical and Physical Characterization of Parts Manufactured by 3D Printing. In: da Silva, L.F.M. (eds) Materials Design and Applications IV. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 168. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18130-6_6

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