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Additive manufacturing

2018

University of Texas at El Paso

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Experimental Laser Powder Bed Fusion System For Difficult To Process Metallic Materials, Syed Zia Uddin Jan 2018

Experimental Laser Powder Bed Fusion System For Difficult To Process Metallic Materials, Syed Zia Uddin

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The focus of this research was twofold, such as development of defect free fabrication parameters for laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) processing of crack prone or difficult to process metallic materials, and study of the temperature dependence of emissivity for some commonly used metal alloy powders in LPBF process. The later objective extends to the implementation of multiwavelength (MW) pyrometer technology for in situ true surface temperature measurement in LPBF process. LPBF is an additive manufacturing (AM) process capable of layer-by-layer manufacturing by successive laser melting of each layer according to CAD data. AM manufacturing has the inherent advantages of …


Additive Manufacturing Of Multi-Functional Nanocomposites For Sensor And Energy Storage Devices, Hoejin Kim Jan 2018

Additive Manufacturing Of Multi-Functional Nanocomposites For Sensor And Energy Storage Devices, Hoejin Kim

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The goal of this research is to develop novel 3D printing process and design nanocomposites for piezoelectric and dielectric devices using fused deposition modeling (FDM) and stereolithography (SL) 3D printing techniques for use in sensor and energy storage applications. Techniques for electric and corona assisted in-situ poling during 3D printing were developed to improve the piezoelectric property and ease of manufacture. Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and barium titanate (BaTiO3, BT) are well-known for their high piezo- and dielectric constants among polymers and ceramics, while multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were introduced to improve efficiency of stress reinforcement and conductivity for charge carriers …