All Outputs (8)

Insights into the mechanical properties of several triplyperiodic minimal surface lattice structures made by polymeradditive manufacturing (2017)
Journal Article
Maskery, I., Sturm, L., Aremu, A., Panesar, A., Williams, C., Tuck, C., …Hague, R. J. (2018). Insights into the mechanical properties of several triplyperiodic minimal surface lattice structures made by polymeradditive manufacturing. Polymer, 152, 62-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2017.11.049

Three-dimensional lattices have applications across a range of fields including structural lightweighting, impact absorption and biomedicine. In this work, lattices based on triply periodic minimal surfaces were produced by polymer additive manufactu... Read More about Insights into the mechanical properties of several triplyperiodic minimal surface lattice structures made by polymeradditive manufacturing.

Targeted rework strategies for powder bed additive manufacture (2017)
Journal Article
Hirsch, M., Dryburgh, P., Catchpole-Smith, S., Patel, R., Parry, L., Sharples, S., …Clare, A. (2018). Targeted rework strategies for powder bed additive manufacture. Additive Manufacturing, 19, 127-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2017.11.011

A major factor limiting the adoption of powder-bed-fusion additive manufacturing for production of parts is the control of build process defects and the effect these have upon the certification of parts for structural applications. In response to thi... Read More about Targeted rework strategies for powder bed additive manufacture.

3D inkjet printing of electronics using UV conversion (2017)
Journal Article
Saleh, E., Zhang, F., He, Y., Vaithilingam, J., Fernandez, J. L., Wildman, R. D., …Tuck, C. (2017). 3D inkjet printing of electronics using UV conversion. Advanced Materials Technologies, 2(10), Article 1700134. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.201700134

The production of electronic circuits and devices is limited by current manufacturing methods that limit both the form and potentially the performance of these systems. Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a technology that has been shown to provide cross... Read More about 3D inkjet printing of electronics using UV conversion.

Calorimetric study and microstructure analysis of the order-disorder phase transformation in silicon steel built by SLM (2017)
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Lemke, J., Simonelli, M., Garibaldi, M., Ashcroft, I., Hague, R., Vedani, M., …Tuck, C. (2017). Calorimetric study and microstructure analysis of the order-disorder phase transformation in silicon steel built by SLM. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 722, 293-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.06.085

Innovative Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies like Selective Laser Melting (SLM) could prove to be efficient for the processing of brittle silicon steel (Fe-Si) with high silicon content. This research elucidates the effects of heat-treatment o... Read More about Calorimetric study and microstructure analysis of the order-disorder phase transformation in silicon steel built by SLM.

Design framework for multifunctional additive manufacturing: coupled optimization strategy for structures with embedded functional systems (2017)
Journal Article
Panesar, A., Ashcroft, I., Brackett, D., Wildman, R. D., & Hague, R. (2017). Design framework for multifunctional additive manufacturing: coupled optimization strategy for structures with embedded functional systems. Additive Manufacturing, 16, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2017.05.009

The driver for this research is the development of multi-material additive manufacturing processes that provide the potential for multi-functional parts to be manufactured in a single operation. In order to exploit the potential benefits of this emer... Read More about Design framework for multifunctional additive manufacturing: coupled optimization strategy for structures with embedded functional systems.

Selective laser melting of aluminium alloys (2017)
Journal Article
Aboulkhair, N. T., Everitt, N. M., Maskery, I., Ashcroft, I., & Tuck, C. (2017). Selective laser melting of aluminium alloys. MRS Bulletin, 42(4), 311-319. https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2017.63

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) processes, such as selective laser melting, enable powdered metals to be formed into arbitrary 3D shapes. For aluminium alloys, which are desirable in many high-value applications for their low density and good mecha... Read More about Selective laser melting of aluminium alloys.

An investigation into the depth and time dependent behavior of UV cured 3D ink jet printed objects (2017)
Journal Article
Chen, X., Ashcroft, I., Tuck, C., He, Y., Hague, R. J., & Wildman, R. D. (2017). An investigation into the depth and time dependent behavior of UV cured 3D ink jet printed objects. Journal of Materials Research, 32(8), 1407-1420. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2017.4

An ultra-violet (UV) curable ink jet 3D printed material was characterized by an inverse finite element modeling (IFEM) technique employing a nonlinear viscoelastic–viscoplastic (NVEVP) material constitutive model; this methodology was compared direc... Read More about An investigation into the depth and time dependent behavior of UV cured 3D ink jet printed objects.

Fractal scan strategies for selective laser melting of ‘unweldable’ nickel superalloys (2017)
Journal Article
Catchpole-Smith, S., Aboulkhair, N., Parry, L., Tuck, C., Ashcroft, I., & Clare, A. (in press). Fractal scan strategies for selective laser melting of ‘unweldable’ nickel superalloys. Additive Manufacturing, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2017.02.002

The high thermal gradients experienced during manufacture via selective laser melting commonly result in cracking of high γ/γ′ Nickel based superalloys. Such defects cannot be tolerated in applications where component integrity is of paramount import... Read More about Fractal scan strategies for selective laser melting of ‘unweldable’ nickel superalloys.