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Compression Behavior of Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Polymer Lattice Structures

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Background

The current literature reporting the TPMS lattice structure compression lacks the general perspective to study the effect of material, geometry, and strain rate on their compression performance.

Objective

Hence, this study focused upon investigating their performance under uniaxial compression for different materials, geometries, and strain rates to build a general perspective.

Method

Triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) lattice structures are designed and manufactured using fused deposition modeling (FDM) with two different thermoplastic fibers – poly(LacticAcid) and Acrylo-Butadiene-Styrene. The manufactured TPMS lattice structures are compressed at different strain rates and the results have been compared to analyze the effect of material, design, and strain rate variation on their compression performance.

Results

It is observed that the PLA lattice structures have higher mechanical strength but lower compressibility than their ABS counterparts. Among the different TPMS architectures, the Schwarz D had the highest strength and displayed a bulk solid type of compression pattern, independent of the material. The other two designs - Gyroid and Schwarz P had strengths of about 50% and 30% of the Schwarz D lattice structures and showed a layered periodic deformation pattern.

Conclusion

The Gyroid lattice structures show an average behavior of both Schwarz lattices. Increasing strain rate also had a significant but design dependent impact on the mechanical properties. The lattice structures showed a non-linear patterned variation in mechanical properties against increasing strain rate. The strain energy absorbed per unit solid fraction is also compared to give more in-depth information regarding the role of design and geometry.

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Mishra, A.K., Kumar, A. Compression Behavior of Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Polymer Lattice Structures. Exp Mech 63, 609–620 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-023-00940-3

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