Tensile Properties of 3D-Printed Polycarbonate/Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites

Author(s):  
Karun Kalia ◽  
Amir Ameli

Fused deposition modeling (FDM) is highly commercialized Rapid Prototyping (RP) technology for its ability to build complex parts with low cost in a short period of time. The process parameters in the FDM play a vital role in the mechanical properties of the polymeric parts. Most of the research studies show that the variable parameters such as orientation, layer thickness, raster angle, raster width, and air gap are some of the key parameters that affect the mechanical properties of FDM-processed polymeric parts. However, no reports have been made regarding the influence of nozzle diameter with raster width on the tensile properties of FDM fabricated polymeric parts. This work was devoted to achieving improved and isotropic mechanical properties in polycarbonate (PC) and PC/carbon nanotube (PC/CNT) nanocomposites by investigating the effect of printing parameters in FDM process. The nozzle diameter to raster width ratio, α was found to significantly affect the mechanical properties. The printing direction dependency in tensile properties were studied with the ratio α < 1 and α≥ 1 at three different raster angles of 0°, 45°/−45° and 90°. For α < 1, Ultimate tensile strength and modulus of elasticity were higher for 0°, compared to 45°/−45° and 90° raster angles. However, for α ≥ 1, the ultimate tensile strength and the modulus of elasticity showed little dependency to print direction. This certainly determines the decrease in anisotropy at higher values of α. Mesostructure characterization with microscopy and image analysis were used to further explain the printing behavior and the resultant properties of the printed samples.

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-130
Author(s):  
Nassim Markiz ◽  
Eszter Horváth ◽  
Péter Ficzere

AbstractIn the recent years, additive manufacturing became an interesting topic in many fields due to the ease of manufacturing complex objects. However, it is impossible to determine the mechanical properties of any additive manufacturing parts without testing them. In this work, the mechanical properties with focus on ultimate tensile strength and modulus of elasticity of 3D printed acrylonitrile butadi-ene styrene (ABS) specimens were investigated. The tensile tests were carried using Zwick Z005 loading machine with a capacity of 5KN according to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D638 standard test methods for tensile properties of plastics. The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of printing direction on the mechanical properties of the printed specimens. Thus, for each printing direction ( and ), five specimens were printed. Tensile testing of the 3D printed ABS specimens showed that the printing direction made the strongest specimen at an ultimate tensile strength of 22 MPa while at printing direction it showed 12 MPa. No influence on the modulus of elasticity was noticed. The experimental results are presented in the manuscript.


2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-104
Author(s):  
Pui-Voon Yap ◽  
Ming-Yeng Chan ◽  
Seong-Chun Koay

This research work highlights the mechanical properties of multi-material by fused deposition modelling (FDM). The specimens for tensile and flexural test have been printed using polycarbonate (PC) material at different combinations of printing parameters. The effects of varied printing speed, infill density and nozzle diameter on the mechanical properties of specimens have been investigated. Multi-material specimens were fabricated with acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) as the base material and PC as the reinforced material at the optimum printing parameter combination. The specimens were then subjected to mechanical testing to observe their tensile strength, Young’s modulus, percentage elongation, flexural strength and flexural modulus. The outcome of replacing half of ABS with PC to create a multi-material part has been examined. As demonstrated by the results, the optimum combination of printing parameters is 60 mm/s printing speed, 15% infill density and 0.8 mm nozzle diameter. The combination of ABS and PC materials as reinforcing material has improved the tensile strength (by 38.46%), Young’s modulus (by 23.40%), flexural strength (by 23.90%) and flexural modulus (by 37.33%) while reducing the ductility by 14.31% as compared to pure ABS. The results have been supported by data and graphs of the analysed specimens.


2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sihama I. Salih ◽  
Qahtan A. Hamad ◽  
Safaa N. Abdul Jabbar ◽  
Najat H. Sabit

This work covers mixing of unsaturated polyester (un- polyester) with starch powders as polymer blends and study the effects of irradiation by UV-acceleration on mechanical properties of its. The unsaturated polyester was mixing by starch powders at particle size less than (45 µm) at selected weight fraction of (0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3%). These properties involve ultimate tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, elongation percentage, flexural modulus, flexural strength, fracture toughness, impact strength and hardness. The results illustrate decrease in the ultimate tensile strength at and elongation percentage, while increasing modulus of elasticity, with increasing the weight ratio of starch powder to 3 % weight fraction, whereas the maximum value of hardness and flexural, impact properties happened at 1 % weight fraction for types of polymer blends.


Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 2497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao Li ◽  
Yan Lou

Compared with laser-based 3D printing, fused deposition modelling (FDM) 3D printing technology is simple and safe to operate and has a low cost and high material utilization rate; thus, it is widely used. In order to promote the application of FDM 3D printing, poly-ether-ether-ketone (PEEK) was used as a printing material to explore the effect of multi-factor coupling such as different printing temperatures, printing directions, printing paths, and layer thicknesses on the tensile strength, bending strength, crystallinity, and grain size of FDM printed PEEK parts. The aim was to improve the mechanical properties of the 3D printed PEEK parts and achieve the same performance as the injection molded counterparts. The results show that when the thickness of the printed layer is 0.1 mm and the printing path is 180° horizontally at 525 °C, the tensile strength of the sample reaches 87.34 MPa, and the elongation reaches 38%, which basically exceeds the tensile properties of PEEK printed parts reported in previous studies and is consistent with the tensile properties of PEEK injection molded parts. When the thickness of the printed layer is 0.3 mm, the printing path is 45°, and with vertical printing direction at a printing temperature of 525 °C, the bending strength of the sample reaches 159.2 MPa, which exceeds the bending performance of injection molded parts by 20%. It was also found that the greater the tensile strength of the printed specimen, the more uniform the size of each grain, and the higher the crystallinity of the material. The highest crystallinity exceeded 30%, which reached the crystallinity of injection molded parts.


2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Kosim Abdurohman ◽  
Aryandi Marta

Vacuum infusion is a manufacturing method to improve mechanical properties of composite. Before apply this in LSU structure, it should be experimented using tensile test to know mechanical properties of the composite. Tensile test is an experimental to know tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, and failure modes of composite. Experimental process of CFRP composite using unidirectional carbon fiber and polyester matrix was done using vacuum infusion technology, strart from specimens preparation until testing steps. Manufacturing results gave the values of composite density and thickness; mass and volume fraction of fiber and matrix materials. Specimens and testing process are refer to ASTM D3039 tensile test standard for composite matrix polymers. The testing results showed 1011.67 MPa ultimate tensile strength, 59074.96 MPa modulus of elasticity, and SGV (long spliting, gage, various) failure mode . ABSTRAKVacuum infusion merupakan salah satu metode manufaktur yang digunakan untuk meningkatkan sifat mekanik komposit. Untuk mengaplikasikan metode ini dalam pembuatan struktur LAPAN Surveillance UAV (LSU), perlu diketahui terlebih dahulu sifat mekanik dari komposit hasil metode ini secara eksperimen. Salah satu eksperimen yang dilakukan yaitu pengujian tarik untuk mendapatkan tensile strength, modulus elastisitas, dan failure mode yang terjadi pada komposit. Eksperimen dilakukan terhadap komposit CFRP menggunakan material serat karbon searah (UD) 0⁰ dan matriks poliester dibuat dengan metode vacuum infusion mulai dari tahap preparasi sampai tahap pengujian. Dari hasil manufaktur didapat nilai densitas dan ketebalan komposit serta fraksi massa dan fraksi volume material penyusun komposit. Spesimen dan proses pengujian mengikuti standar ASTM D3039 yang merupakan standar pengujian tarik untuk komposit dengan matriks polimer. Hasil pengujian menunjukkan nilai ultimate tensile strength 1011,67 MPa, modulus elastisitas 59074,96 MPa, dan failure mode SGV (Long Spliting, Gage, Various).


2007 ◽  
Vol 546-549 ◽  
pp. 305-310
Author(s):  
Bao Yi Yu ◽  
Yu Ying Li ◽  
Hong Wu Song ◽  
Xiao Guang Yuan ◽  
Zhen Liu

Microstructures and tensile properties of Mg-8Zn-4Al-xCax=0.6wt.%, 1.0wt.%, 1.3wt.%, named as alloy 1#, 2# and 3# , respectively)extruded magnesium alloy tube were studied at room and elevated temperature. The results show that Ca can increase tensile strength of the alloy at 150 and 200°C significantly. At the temperature of 200°C, alloy 3# achieved optimal tensile properties, of which the ultimate tensile strength, the yield strength and the elongation were 165.8MPa, 108.7Mpa and 41.5% respectively. Compared with the properties of as cast ZAC8506 Magnesium alloy, it is shown that the tensile properties of alloy 3# are much higher than that of ZAC8506 at both room temperature and 150°C. Alloy 3# also gets better tensile performance than AZ91D extruded tube produced in the same way at the temperature of 200°C Mg2Al3 and Ca2Mg5Zn13 phases are found in the microstructure which should contribute to the higher performance of alloy 3# at elevated temperature


2011 ◽  
Vol 383-390 ◽  
pp. 2753-2758
Author(s):  
Amir Mostafapour Asl ◽  
Saeed Mahmoodi Darani ◽  
Mohamad Kazem Besharati Givi ◽  
Arash Aghagol

Friction stir processing (FSP) was used to fabricate Al/Cu metal matrix composite (MMC). The effects of two different tool pin profiles (straight cylindrical and square) and the number of FSP passes on microstructure, tensile properties and microhardness were studied. The results indicated that good dispersion of micro-sized Cu particles, finer grains, higher tensile properties and higher microhardness, can be achieved by the square tool pin profile compared to the samples produced by the other tool. Also it was observed that the ultimate tensile strength of the samples produced by two FSP passes, as a result of Cu particles shattering, increased intensively compared to the samples fabricated with first FSP pass. Further FSP passes increased the elongation of the composites without any considerable changes in yield and ultimate tensile strength.


1973 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 235-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Swift ◽  
J. A. Gulya

A study of the effects of normalizing and austenitizing on the mechanical properties of Mn-Mo and Mn-Mo-Ni steels is presented. It is shown that the quenched and tempered condition has superior notch toughness, elevated temperature tensile properties, and creep ductility than the normalized and tempered condition. The basis of comparison used for strength is the percentage of the room temperature strength. The creep strength and rupture resistance of the normalized and tempered condition are better than those of the quenched and tempered condition. Also, a comparison of the properties of the steels is made to evaluate the effects of a 0.5 percent Ni addition. While it improves hardenability, Ni tends to impair the elevated temperature creep strength and rupture resistance. Significant effects of Ni are seen on the elevated temperature tensile properties. The loss in ultimate tensile strength with increasing temperature is greater for the Ni modified grade than for the unmodified Mn-Mo. In the quenched and tempered condition, both yield strength and ultimate tensile strength are less affected by temperature when no Ni is added.


2013 ◽  
Vol 312 ◽  
pp. 411-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.F. Fang ◽  
L.G. Meng ◽  
Y.F. Wu ◽  
L.H. Wang ◽  
X.G. Zhang

The effect of Gd addition on the microstructures and mechanical properties of Mg-5Sn-Zn-Al alloy was investigated with variations of Gd contents. These results show that adding Gd can effectively refine the grain size and growth. In addition, the solubility of Gd increases the lattice constants ofα-Mg phase. Accordingly, the tensile properties of the as-cast Mg-5Sn-Zn-Al alloy are improved by the addition of Gd. The Mg-5Sn-Zn-Al-0.4Gd exhibits the highest tensile properties, and the values of the yield and ultimate tensile strength and elongation are 111 MPa, 188 MPa and 18.0%, respectively.


2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kosim Abdurohman ◽  
Aryandi Marta

Vacuum infusion is a manufacturing method to improve mechanical properties of composite. Before apply this in LSU structure, it should be experimented using tensile test to know mechanical properties of the composite. Tensile test is an experimental to know tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, and failure modes of composite. Experimental process of CFRP composite using unidirectional carbon fiber and polyester matrix was done using vacuum infusion technology, strart from specimens preparation until testing steps. Manufacturing results gave the values of composite density and thickness; mass and volume fraction of fiber and matrix materials. Specimens and testing process are refer to ASTM D3039 tensile test standard for composite matrix polymers. The testing results showed 1011.67 MPa ultimate tensile strength, 59074.96 MPa modulus of elasticity, and SGV (long spliting, gage, various) failure mode . Abstrak Vacuum infusion merupakan salah satu metode manufaktur yang digunakan untuk meningkatkan sifat mekanik komposit. Untuk mengaplikasikan metode ini dalam pembuatan struktur LAPAN Surveillance UAV (LSU), perlu diketahui terlebih dahulu sifat mekanik dari komposit hasil metode ini secara eksperimen. Salah satu eksperimen yang dilakukan yaitu pengujian tarik untuk mendapatkan tensile strength, modulus elastisitas, dan failure mode yang terjadi pada komposit.Eksperimen dilakukan terhadap komposit CFRP menggunakan material serat karbon searah (UD) 0⁰ dan matriks poliester dibuat dengan metode vacuum infusion mulai dari tahap preparasi sampai tahap pengujian. Dari hasil manufaktur didapat nilai densitas dan ketebalan komposit serta fraksi massa dan fraksi volume material penyusun komposit. Spesimen dan proses pengujian mengikuti standar ASTM D3039 yang merupakan standar pengujian tarik untuk komposit dengan matriks polimer. Hasil pengujian menunjukkan nilai ultimate tensile strength 1011,67 MPa, modulus elastisitas 59074,96 MPa, dan failure mode SGV (Long Spliting, Gage, Various).


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