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The onset of multi-material 3D printing and the combination of smart materials into the printable material has led to the development of an exciting new technology called 4D printing. This paper will introduce the background and development into 4D printing, discuss water reactive 4D printing methods and temperature reactive 4D printing, modelling and simulation software, and future applications of this new technology. Smart materials that react to different external stimuli are described, along with the benefits of these smart materials and their potential use in 4D printing applications; specifically, existing light-reactive smart materials. 4D printing has the prospective to simplify the design and manufacturing of different products and the potential of automating actuation devices that naturally react to their environment without the need for human interaction, batteries, processors, sensors, and motors. 相似文献
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Neil Wilkof 《Virtual and Physical Prototyping》2016,11(2):143-147
As 3D printing technology has become evermore widespread, interest in the intellectual property aspects of the topic has increased apace. In the main, focus has been on copyright, trademark and design patent protection. However, patent considerations may also be crucial, depending upon the circumstances. This article will focus on two principal components of patent protection within the context of 3D printing technology – (i) creation of the patent right and (ii) enforcement of a registered patent. 相似文献
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《Virtual and Physical Prototyping》2013,8(3):103-122
ABSTRACTAdditive manufacturing (AM), commonly known as three-dimensional (3D) printing or rapid prototyping, has been introduced since the late 1980s. Although a considerable amount of progress has been made in this field, there is still a lot of research work to be done in order to overcome the various challenges remained. Recently, one of the actively researched areas lies in the additive manufacturing of smart materials and structures. Smart materials are those materials that have the ability to change their shape or properties under the influence of external stimuli. With the introduction of smart materials, the AM-fabricated components are able to alter their shape or properties over time (the 4th dimension) as a response to the applied external stimuli. Hence, this gives rise to a new term called ‘4D printing’ to include the structural reconfiguration over time. In this paper, recent major progresses in 4D printing are reviewed, including 3D printing of enhanced smart nanocomposites, shape memory alloys, shape memory polymers, actuators for soft robotics, self-evolving structures, anti-counterfeiting system, active origami and controlled sequential folding, and some results from our ongoing research. In addition, some research activities on 4D bio-printing are included, followed by discussions on the challenges, applications, research directions and future trends of 4D printing. 相似文献
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《Virtual and Physical Prototyping》2013,8(4):316-332
ABSTRACTThe potentiality of the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) process for multi-material printing has not yet been thoroughly explored in the literature. That is a limitation considering the wide diffusion of dual extruders printers and the possibility of increasing the number of these extruders. An exploratory study, based on tensile tests and performed on double-material butt-joined bars, was thus conceived; the aim was to explore how the adhesion strength between 3 pairs of filaments (TPU-PLA, PLA-CPE, CPE-TPU) is influenced by the material printing order, the type of slicing pattern used for the layers at the interface, and the infill density of the layers below the interface. Results confirm the effectiveness of mechanical interlocking strategies in increasing the adhesion strength even when thermodynamic and diffusion mechanisms of adhesion are not robust enough. Besides, thermal aspects also demonstrated to play a relevant role in influencing the performance of the interface. 相似文献
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《Virtual and Physical Prototyping》2013,8(2):188-202
ABSTRACTIntegrating shape memory polymers into additive manufacturing processes enables a form of 4D printing where a printed part can be manipulated into varying geometries upon the application of external stimuli. The work here explores the raster pattern sensitivity of the shape memory properties of two iterations of a polymer blend system composed of thermoplastic rubber and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene. Tensile test specimens were fabricated in three different raster patterns through the use of material extrusion additive manufacturing and deformed at room (25°C), low (?40°C) and high temperatures (105 and 110°C). Shape memory parameters were assessed and the shape fixation ratio was found to exhibit a sensitivity to raster pattern when deformation occurred at room and low temperatures, while the shape recovery ratio was found to be sensitive to raster pattern when deformation occurred at elevated temperatures. The influence of phase content was also explored and a decrease in rubber content led to an improvement in shape memory properties. The alignment of polymer phases with print raster direction was also found to influence raster pattern sensitivity. 相似文献
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Recently, continuous fibre reinforcement has been combined with three-dimensional (3D) printing to create stiffer printed components. This study investigates the effect of wire volume fraction, type of polymer matrix, and wire treatment on the flexural properties of 3D printed continuous wire polymer composites (CWPCs) through a design of experiment study. CWPC samples were printed using a modified, open-source 3D printer. The flexural properties were measured and compared to non-reinforced samples. An analytical model was developed to describe the stress distribution across unidirectional CWPCs as a function of the geometrical printing parameters, reinforcement dimensions, and material properties. Sample failure analysis was performed to investigate failure modes and offer insight into further enhancement of the composite’s properties. 相似文献
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The present study focuses on fabrication and characterization of polylactic acid wood composite fabricated using fused filament fabrication 4D printing technology. The major tests performed to investigate the effect of nanosilica and nanoalumina included shape recovery rate, hardness, compressive strength, dynamic mechanical properties and Thermo-gravimetric analysis. The result of mechanical test indicated that the addition of 2 wt.% nanoalumina improved the hardness, compressive strength and flexural strength by 40 %, 25 % and 3.3 % respectively. On the other hand, the addition of 2 wt.% nanosilica improved the hardness, compressive strength and flexural strength by 60 %, 55 % and 10 % respectively. Further, the addition of nanosilica and nanoalumina improved the thermal stability and decreased the maximum shape recovery rate of wood polylactic acid composite. Nanosilica reinforced wood polylactic acid composite indicated a better choice as compared to nanoalumina reinforced wood polylactic acid composite in terms of mechanical properties, thermal properties and maximum shape recovery rate. 相似文献
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4D printing, which is the combination of 3D printing technology and printable smart materials, provides the potential of automating actuation devices. In this paper, we have used a modified-fused deposition modelling 3D printing technology to fabricate a double-layer laminate smart material, which can be activated by temperature directly or by an electric circuit indirectly. A double-layer laminate mathematical model has been developed to describe the bending behaviour caused by the mismatch strain between the surface layer and the basal layer. The electrocaloric deformation testings were performed to find the different bending rules of this low-cost printed active composite in different physical states. The considerable maximal deformation values and deformation force (7?mm and 100?mN for these carbon fibre (CF)/polylactic acid specimens, and 10?mm and 200?mN for these CF/polyether-ether-ketone specimens in the paper) provide this double-layer smart material and 4D printing method the prospective to be applied in biomimetic sensors, actuators, transducers, and artificial muscles. 相似文献
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Off-the-shelf orthoses used in rehabilitation medicine present challenges in the lack of individual comfort offered and in the support of the different motor conditions of the affected individuals. Although custom-made orthoses address these issues, their current fabrication method consists of a laborious and material wasteful process performed by skilled orthotists. Combining 3D scanning, 3D modelling and 3D printing, this paper proposes and assesses a method for the fabrication of custom-made products for rehabilitation medicine. In collaboration with CMRA, a Hospital dedicated to rehabilitation, the method is applied to the design of a customised knee positioning orthosis for a patient with cerebral palsy. This project is exploratory on the capabilities of the use of 3D printing in patient specific customisation of orthoses. Having developed, prototyped and tested four different concepts with the patient, from which one was successfully accepted, it is possible to demonstrate the potential of industrialisation of these technologies. 相似文献
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P. Valle‐Pello F.P. Álvarez‐Rabanal M. Alonso‐Martínez J.J. del Coz Díaz 《Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik》2019,50(5):629-634
3D concrete printing is an additive manufacturing method which reduces the time and improves the efficiency of the construction process. Structural behavior of printed elements is strongly influenced by the properties of the material and the interface surfaces. The printing process creates interface surfaces between layers in the horizontal and vertical directions. The bond strength between layers is the most critical property of printed elements. In this paper, the structural behavior of printed elements is studied using the discrete element method. The material is modelled using discrete particles with bonding between them. A new discrete model of a multilayer geometry is presented to study the behavior of the interfaces of printed concrete. The layers are made up of randomly placed particles to simulate the heterogeneous nature of concrete. The numerical model is developed to simulate the flexural behavior of multilayer specimens. A four‐point flexural test is simulated considering the interface surfaces between layers. This numerical model provides relevant results to improve the behavior of this kind of structural elements. The aim of this work is to provide a discrete element model to predict the mechanical behavior of 3D concrete printed components. 相似文献