Celik, H Kursat and Tan, Yap and Seviour, Rebecca and Rennie, Allan (2009) Effect of Thermal and Mechanical Deformation of Metamaterial FDM Components. In: US _ TURKEY Workshop on Rapid Technologies (RapidTech 2009) :. UNSPECIFIED, pp. 83-88. ISBN 9789944629201
Abstract
At Lancaster University, research is currently investigating the use of rapid manufacturing (RM) to realise metamaterials, although key to the success of this project is the development of an understanding of how coated RM parts deform under thermal and mechanical stress. The research in this paper presents a comparison of the thermal and mechanical deformation behaviour of RM coated metamaterials components from a numerical context. The research uses the design of a simple metamaterial unit cell as a test model for both the experimental and finite element method (FEM). The investigation of deformation behaviour of sample Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) parts manufactured in different orientations and simulated using commercial FEM code means that the FEM analysis can be utilized for design verification of FDM parts. This research contributes to further research into the development of RM metamaterials, specifically design analysis and verification tools for RM materials.