{"title":"Investigation of electrical, electromagnetic interference shielding and tensile properties of 3D-printed acrylonitrile butadiene styrene/carbon nanotube composites","authors":"Amir Hossein Maleki, Abbas Zolfaghari","doi":"10.1177/08927057231216736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08927057231216736","url":null,"abstract":"Conductive polymer composites (CPCs) are manufactured by compounding conductive particles with a polymer matrix. There are many applications where they are used, including light-weight applications requiring both electrical and heat conductivity. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been accepted as common materials to accomplish this goal. As part of this research, a material extrusion additive manufacturing (AM) process was utilized to create nanocomposites by a 3D-printing technique. Multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were mixed in 1, 3 and 6 wt fractions with acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and extruded in filament form. Three-dimensionally printed specimens were used to evaluate electrical, electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness (EMI SE) and tensile properties. The electrical conductivity of the material was 26 times greater than that of ABS. In the X-band of electromagnetic waves, EMI SE's reflected and absorbed portions increased respectively 4 and 16 times. The tensile strength and modulus were enhanced by 15% and 9%, respectively. On composite specimens, microwave heat treatment was applied. There is less void space between the rasters and layers, which helps improve tensile properties. Additionally, 3D-printed specimens were tested for melt flow rate (MFR) and dynamic mechanical behaviour. The nozzle has experienced some wear due to the intrinsic abrasive nature of CNTs.","PeriodicalId":508178,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials","volume":"9 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139268715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hybrid multi-scale modeling of fused deposition modelling printed thermoplastics: An introduction to material degradation parameter","authors":"Adarsh Kumar Shah, Atul Jain","doi":"10.1177/08927057231217234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08927057231217234","url":null,"abstract":"With the increasing popularity of fused deposition modelling (FDM), an improved understanding of the interdependence between process-structure-property (P-S-P) of FDM manufactured (FDMed) parts is imperative. This paper proposes models for linking the microstructure and degradation of properties during the FDM process with the mechanical properties. Through careful and elaborate finite element (FE) modeling, it is demonstrated that there is definite material degradation during the FDM process, which cannot be attributed only to extra voids generated during printing. A novel hybrid multiscale model is proposed to estimate the degradation parameter and utilize this information to predict the printed coupons' properties. Additionally, two methods for generating representative volume element (RVE) are demonstrated using scanning electron microscope (SEM) imaging and density data. For the experimental validation, polyamide (PA) and polylactic acid (PLA) filaments and dogbone samples with multiple raster orientations were tested. The use of degradation parameter during modeling leads to very accurate results for both PLA and PA. Also, it presents insights into the limitations of the FDM process and possible improvements.","PeriodicalId":508178,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139267979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}