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3D printing of composites: design parameters and flexural performance

Feras Korkees Orcid Logo, James Allenby, Peter Dorrington

Rapid Prototyping Journal, Volume: 26, Issue: 4

Swansea University Authors: Feras Korkees Orcid Logo, Peter Dorrington

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DOI (Published version): 10.1108/rpj-07-2019-0188

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Purpose3D printing of composites has a high degree of design freedom, which allows for the manufacture of complex shapes that cannot be achieved with conventional manufacturing processes. This paper aims to assess the design variables that might affect the mechanical properties of 3D-printed fibre-r...

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ISSN: 1355-2546
Published: Emerald 2020
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