3D Printing of Polymer-Based Composite Materials
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2025 | Viewed by 20603
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced computational mechanics; experimental testing; material characterization; additive manufacturing (3D printing) of metal; composite and polymer feedstock; 3D microscopy; medical device technology
Interests: 3D printing; polymers; metals; composites; finite element analysis; advanced manufacturing; process modelling; medical device design; marine and energy engineering and design
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies offer several potential sources of value compared to traditional production approaches of polymers due to their ability to produce almost any 3D shape, no need for moulds or fixed tooling, and ability to eliminate time-consuming fabrication operations and toolmaking. By enabling the on-demand production of items from digital files, this technology reduces the need for spare-part inventories, etc.
This Special Issue of Polymers (“3D Printing of Polymer-Based Composite Materials”) invites contributions addressing several aspects of additive manufacturing of polymer-based composite materials, including:
- Mechanical and physicochemical characterization of 3D-printed components such as tensile and flexural strength, shear strength, digital image correlation, microscale properties, SEM, DMA, TGA, etc.;
- Recycling and 3D printing (domestic and industrial wastes);
- 3D printing of short and continuous fibre-reinforced polymer composites;
- Optimization of 3D printing parameters;
- 3D printing of multi-materials;
- 3D printing of soft polymers;
- Degradation and ageing process on 3D-printed polymer-based composite materials in different environments;
- Numerical modelling and simulation of additive manufacturing processes;
- Process monitoring and control;
- Postprocessing in 3D printing of polymer composites;
- Analysis of fracture behaviour of 3D-printed materials in mode I and II, and mixed mode;
- Nondestructive testing in 3D printing such as thermography, radiography, acoustic emission, ultrasonic, etc.
Dr. Pouyan Ghabezi
Dr. Noel M. Harrison
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- 3D printing and additive manufacturing
- composites materials
- mechanical testing and physicochemical characterization
- optimization in 3D printing
- advanced manufacturing
- recycling and 3D printing
- process monitoring
- non-destructive testing
- modeling and simulation
- fracture behavior
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