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The Effect Of Laser Power And Scanning Speed On The Density Of Selective Laser Melting Fabricated AL-CNT Composites
(2016)AlSi10Mg reinforced with carbon nanotubes were fabricated using selective laser melting manufacturing process. The influence of laser power and scanning speed on the densification behavior and microhardness were studied. ... -
Investigation Of The Mechanical Properties Of 3D Printed Compliant Mechanisms
(2016)The compliant parallel mechanisms (CPM) used in precision positioners are commonly fabricated in parts by traditional manufacturing methods such as milling and wire-cut electrical discharge manufacturing (EDM). The performance ... -
Failure Mode Analysis Of Kagome Lattice Structures
(2016)Ultralight weight structures are today’s essential need in aerospace, marine and automotive industries. Strength and stiffness optimization of load bearing structures is made possible with the evolution of additive ... -
Selective Laser Melting Of Copper Based Alloy On Steel: A Preliminary Study
(2016)The constantly increasing requirements of critical engineering parts can often be satisfied through the use of different materials with unique properties. In an effort to realize the potential of multi-functional parts, a ... -
Dynamic mechanical behaviors of laser sintered polyurethane incorporated with mwcnts
(2016)The multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) powders were firstly introduced into selective laser sintering system; and the systematic sintering parameters were investigated for ... -
Additive Manufacturing of ZnO Thin Film for Micro Size UV Photodetector
(2016)Due to its large bandgap (3.37eV), ZnO is a suitable candidate for sensing material of UV photodetectors with great selectivity to wavelength with high radiation energy. ZnO thin film has been deposited by many methods. ... -
Curing behaviour and characteristics of shape memory polymers by uv based 3D printing
(2016)Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are a class of smart materials that can change shape and revert back to its permanent shape upon external stimulus. The manufacturing of SMPs has been heavily reliant on conventional methods ... -
Fabrication of samaria doped ceria thin film on porous substrate by slurry spin coating
(2016)Samaria doped cena (SDC) with fluorite structure has higher ionic conductivity than Yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) for low temperature solid oxide fùel cells (LT-SOFCs). SDC powder with cubic fluorite structure was ... -
Microvalve bioprinting of cellular droplets with high resolution and consistency
(2016)Cellular printing via bioprinting approaches holds tremendous potential in fabrication of tissues/organs. One of the attractive traits of bioprinting systems include precise control over the spatial deposition of multiple ... -
Effects of laser processing on nickel oxide – yttria stabilized zirconia
(2016)Laser based additive manufacturing techniques such as selective laser melting (SLM) and selective laser sintering (SLS) have been gaining much attention in recent years due to their ability to create complex shapes and ... -
Characterisation of micro-lattices fabricated by selective laser melting
(2016)β-titanium alloys have been touted as the new titanium alloys in biomedical applications due to its lower elastic modulus as compared to the titanium alloys of other phases. In particular, titanium-tantalum has been explored ... -
Influence of the geometric factor for the width of the contour scan in selective laser melting
(2016)Selective laser melting (SLM) is one of additive manufacturing technologies and based on the metallic powders. SLM process can fabricate a part with high geometric complexity with layer-by-layer fashion. During the process, ... -
Functionally graded material by additive manufacturing
(2016)Functionally graded material (FGM) is a new generation of engineered material with changes in the properties of material by varying structural design or material composition. The fabrication of FGM by conventional techniques ... -
Multidisciplinary design optimization foradditive manufactured customized products
(2016)Multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) is an area of mathematical research to solve complex engineering design problems involving multiple disciplines which usually interact with each other. Previous MDO studies have ... -
Effects of Temperature on Particle Coalescence in the Selective Laser Sintering Process
(2014)The interaction between powder particles during laser irradiation is one of the major factors affecting the build part in the selective laser sintering process. Due to asymmetric heating, defects such as internal voids, ... -
Opportunities for Fabrication of SOFC Anode Using Selective Laser Melting
(2014)Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) are electrochemical devices that have the potential to be the future for energy applications. However, current fabrication techniques could not fully optimize the performance of the anode. ... -
Potential of Bioprinted Films for Skin Tissue Engineering
(2014)Key roles of the healthy human skin are to prevent bacterial infection and excessive loss of water. However, such essential roles are compromised in patients with severe burns or chronic wounds. Synthetic materials such ... -
3D Printing of Customized Biomedical Scaffolds and Implants
(2014)Powder-bed 3D printing (3DP) is a versatile additive manufacturing technique that uses ink binder deposition to bind loose powder particles together. This paper evaluates the work using powder-bed 3DP technology as a ... -
Preliminary Study on Nano Particle/Photopolymer Hybrid for 3D Inkjet Printing
(2014)3D inkjet printing is one of the new generation Additive Manufacturing technologies for the production of multi-material and multifunctional 3D products. Due to the critical condition for ink deposition and the stringent ... -
Selective Laser Melting of Density Graded TI6AL4V
(2014)Functionally graded materials are generally described as having graded properties due to the usage of two or more materials in the construction of a single part, or through one or more mechanical properties in part design. ...