Print Email Facebook Twitter Fatigue Testing of 3D-Printed Compliant Joints Title Fatigue Testing of 3D-Printed Compliant Joints: An Experimental Study Author Safai, Lauren (TU Delft Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) Contributor Cuellar Lopez, Juan (mentor) Smit, Gerwin (mentor) Zadpoor, Amir (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Biomedical Engineering Date 2018-10-19 Abstract As interest in additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, increases, technological improvements are making printing methods quicker and more cost efficient. Inventors and innovators are able to print low-cost and complex geometries rapidly as a result of the manufacturing time being reduced from weeks to hours. With the large amount of polymeric materials available, the design and manufacturing of products are continuously changing as more industries adopt the use of additive manufacturing. One up-and-coming application of additive manufacturing is monolithic compliant joints, which use the elastic deformation of the flexural arms as a mechanism for to complete the desired function. With additive manufacturing becoming more prevalent, it is essential that parts are able to withstand the mechanical and environmental stresses that occur during use. Understanding a material’s response to cyclic loading and unloading is important, as the majority of parts will experience fatigue behavior. Fatigue is a progressive and permanent structural change that could result in a crack or complete rupture, making a part unable to perform its desired task. Since additive manufacturing of compliant joints is a new field, it is critical to understand fatigue behavior in 3D-printed parts so that fatigue behavior can be predicted and prevented. Subject Compliant Joint3D printingFatigue To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7df15c93-e792-4a35-9b16-a74b0fdb7ea7 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2018 Lauren Safai Files PDF Thesis_v3.pdf 12.02 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:7df15c93-e792-4a35-9b16-a74b0fdb7ea7/datastream/OBJ/view