Relationship between Elastomeric Material and 3D Printing

Additive manufacturing (AM) offers designers more Degree-Of-Freedom (DOF) in design with fewer limitations and they can focus more on the intended functionality of a product. For example, functionality can be referred to assigned mechanical deformation by printing rigid and elastomeric materials. Soft robot, artificial heart, and customized shoe mid-sole are some functional products. One important foundation of the technique is that spatially distributing the build material differently can generate various mechanical properties of a part. Although the tensile strength and tensile modulus of an elastomeric material are generally provided in the material specification sheet, the 3D printing process will also affect the mechanical properties significantly. This is the PSPP relationship in material science, and it is crucial to understand this relationship at the very beginning. TO BE CONT’D

Faculty Supervisor:

Tsz Ho Kwok

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Politecnico di Milano

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Engineering

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Education

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Concordia University

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