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Experimental And Theoretical Investigation Of Mechanical Response Of Laser-Sintered Diamond Lattice Structures, Clayton Neff, Neil Hopkinson, Nathan B. Crane
Experimental And Theoretical Investigation Of Mechanical Response Of Laser-Sintered Diamond Lattice Structures, Clayton Neff, Neil Hopkinson, Nathan B. Crane
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Typically additive manufacturing (AM) processes are limited to a single material per part while many products benefit from the integration of multiple materials with varied properties. To achieve the benefits of multiple materials, the geometric freedom of AM could be used to build internal structures that emulate a range of different material properties such as stiffness, Poisson’s ratio, and elastic limit using only one build material. This paper examines the range of properties that can be simulated using diamond lattice structures manufactured from Nylon 12 with a commercial laser sintering process. Diamond lattices were fabricated with a unit cell length …
Controlling Normal Stiffness In Droplet-Based Linear Bearings, Qi Ni, Nathan B. Crane
Controlling Normal Stiffness In Droplet-Based Linear Bearings, Qi Ni, Nathan B. Crane
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While Capillary forces are negligible relative to gravity at the macroscale, they provide adequate force to effectively manipulate millimeter to micro meter objects. The fluidic actuation can be accomplished using droplets that also act as bearings. While rotary droplet bearings have been previously demonstrated, this paper considers the performance potential of discrete droplets acting as linear bearings. Specifically, it addresses the positioning accuracy of a droplet-based bearing consisting of a droplet between a moving plate and a stationary substrate with constrained wetting region under a normal load using both closed form analytical solutions and numerical simulations. The vertical force and …