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Development Of Material For 3d Printed Habitats With Extraplanetary Applications, Taylor Wait
Development Of Material For 3d Printed Habitats With Extraplanetary Applications, Taylor Wait
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3D printing, also called Additive Manufacturing, has increasingly become a focus for research because of the potential to replace complicated assemblies or complex parts with a single printed item. The space industry is very interesting in studying 3d printing with parts being tested and used on rockets, a 3D printer being installed at the International Space Station and is being developed for use in manned exploration of extraplanetary bodies to build habitats. To encourage teams from around the world to develop technologies and materials for autonomous habitat construction using minimal Earth exports, NASA created the 3D Printed Habitat Challenge. NASA …
Topology Optimization Of Lightweight Structural Composites Inspired By Cuttlefish Bone, Varun Kumar Gadipudi
Topology Optimization Of Lightweight Structural Composites Inspired By Cuttlefish Bone, Varun Kumar Gadipudi
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Lightweight material structure is a crucial subject in product design. The lightweight material has high strength to weight proportion which turns into an immense fascination and a territory of investigation for the researchers as its application is wide and expanding consistently. Lightweight composite material design is accomplished by choice of the cellular structure and its optimization. Cellular structure is utilized as it has wide multifunctional properties with lightweight characteristics. Unless it has been topologically optimized, each part in a assembly most likely weighs more than it needs to. Additional weight implies abundance materials are being utilized, loads on moving parts …
Bio-Mimetic Design With 3d Printable Composites, Ramya Mitra Patnam Damodaram
Bio-Mimetic Design With 3d Printable Composites, Ramya Mitra Patnam Damodaram
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Weight and stiffness are key factors in the advancement of materials and parts for use in numerous industries. Lightweight cellular structures are broadly utilized for this reason. However, these structures must satisfy several key constraints: they should be light yet structurally safe, sustainable in different loading conditions, resource efficient and easy to maintain. Bio-inspired materials/structures which results in desirable material features are a significant inspiration for engineered cellular structures. Cellular structures can be designed to have multifunctional properties along with lightweight characteristics. Currently, these structures with high strength to weight ratio are widely applied in many fields such as automotive, …