scholarly journals State-of-the-art of fiber-reinforced polymers in additive manufacturing technologies

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (15) ◽  
pp. 1061-1073 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Hofstätter ◽  
David B Pedersen ◽  
Guido Tosello ◽  
Hans N Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Material Technology ◽  
Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Multiple Materials ◽  
Manufacturing Technologies ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Material

Additive manufacturing technologies have received a lot of attention in recent years for their use in multiple materials such as metals, ceramics, and polymers. The aim of this review article is to analyze the technology of fiber-reinforced polymers and its implementation with additive manufacturing. This article reviews recent developments, ideas, and state-of-the-art technologies in this field. Moreover, it gives an overview of the materials currently available for fiber-reinforced material technology.

Mechanical properties of fiber reinforced polymer composites: A comparative study of conventional and additive manufacturing methods

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (23) ◽  
pp. 3173-3181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuldeep Agarwal ◽  
Suresh K Kuchipudi ◽  
Benoit Girard ◽  
Matthew Houser
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Manufacturing Processes ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites ◽  
Composite Filament

Fiber reinforced polymer composites have been around for many decades but recently their use has started to increase in multiple industries such as automotive, aerospace, and construction. The conventional composite manufacturing processes such as wet lay-up, resin transfer molding, automatic lay ups etc. suffer from a lot of practical and material issues which have limited their use. The mechanical properties of the parts produced by such processes also suffer from variation that causes problems downstream. Composites based additive manufacturing processes such as Fused Deposition Modeling and Composite Filament Fabrication are trying to remove some of the barriers to the use of composites. Additive manufacturing processes offer more design and material freedom than conventional composite manufacturing processes. This paper compares conventional composite processes for the manufacturing of Epoxy-Fiberglass fiber reinforced polymers with composite filament fabrication based Nylon-Fiberglass fiber reinforced polymers. Mechanical properties such as tensile strength, elastic modulus, and fatigue life are compared for the different processes. The effect of process parameters on these mechanical properties for the composite filament fabrication based process is also examined in this work. It is found that the composite filament fabrication based process is very versatile and the parts manufactured by this process can be used in various applications.

scholarly journals Additive Re-Manufacturing of Mechanically Recycled End-of-Life Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymers for Value-Added Circular Design

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 3545
Author(s):  
Alessia Romani ◽  
Andrea Mantelli ◽  
Raffaella Suriano ◽  
Marinella Levi ◽  
Stefano Turri
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Glass Fiber ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Glass Fibers ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Circular Design

Despite the large use of composites for industrial applications, their end-of-life management is still an open issue for manufacturing, especially in the wind energy sector. Additive manufacturing technology has been emerging as a solution, enhancing circular economy models, and using recycled composites for glass fiber-reinforced polymers is spreading as a new additive manufacturing trend. Nevertheless, their mechanical properties are still not comparable to pristine materials. The purpose of this paper is to examine the additive re-manufacturing of end-of-life glass fiber composites with mechanical performances that are comparable to virgin glass fiber-reinforced materials. Through a systematic characterization of the recyclate, requirements of the filler for the liquid deposition modeling process were identified. Printability and material surface quality of different formulations were analyzed using a low-cost modified 3D printer. Two hypothetical design concepts were also manufactured to validate the field of application. Furthermore, an understanding of the mechanical behavior was accomplished by means of tensile tests, and the results were compared with a benchmark formulation with virgin glass fibers. Mechanically recycled glass fibers show the capability to substitute pristine fillers, unlocking their use for new fields of application.

scholarly journals Reinforcement alternatives for beams under cyclic load

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 350
Author(s):  
Louay A. Aboul-Nour ◽  
Ragab S. Mahmoud ◽  
Mahmoud A. Khater ◽  
Nesma M. Moselhy
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Loading ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Model Verification ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Beams ◽  
Flexural Behavior ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Material Technology ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Reinforced Polymers

The major cause of concrete structures deterioration is steel corrosion. Consequently, this situation has led researchers to study and test other reinforcement alternatives that are noncorrosive in nature. Rapidly emerging developments in the field of material technology has led to the development of fiber reinforced polymers (FRP). This research focuses on the flexural behavior of carbon, glass, aramid, and basalt (CFRP, GFRP, AFRP, and BFRP) fiber reinforced polymers bars as alternatives to the traditional steel reinforcement in concrete. The study involves a nonlinear numerical finite element analysis of a simply supported reinforced concrete beams subjected to cyclic loading, where the ANSYS program is utilized. The numerical model verification is executed on the experimental beams for ensuring the efficiency of ma-terial models, cyclic loading and various elements. Hysteresis curves are produced for each beam and analyzed, where loads, deflections, and cracks propagation are inspected and discussed. The results reveal that, the full replacement of traditional steel bars with CFRP bars gives the greatest increase in the ultimate load capacity by 38.5%. Also, other results are summarized in this paper. 

scholarly journals Applications of Fiber-Reinforced Polymers in Additive Manufacturing

Procedia CIRP ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 312-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Hofstätter ◽  
David B. Pedersen ◽  
Guido Tosello ◽  
Hans N. Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Reinforced Polymers
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