Abstract
In this paper a fracture assessment in additive manufactured acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) fracture specimens containing U-notches is performed. We performed 33 fracture tests and 9 tensile tests, combining five different notch radii (0 mm, 0.25 mm, 0.50 mm, 1 mm and 2 mm) and three different raster orientations: 0/90, 30/−60 and 45/−45. The theory of critical distances (TCD) was then used in the analysis of fracture test results, obtaining additional validation of this theoretical framework. Different versions of TCD provided suitable results contrasting with the experimental tests performed. Moreover, the fracture mechanisms were evaluated using scanning electron microscopy in order to establish relationships with the behaviour observed. It was demonstrated that 3D-printed ABS material presents a clear notch effect, and also that the TCD, through both the point method and the line method, captured the physics of the notch effect in 3D-printed ABS. Finally, it was observed that the change in the fracture mechanisms when introducing a finite notch radius was limited to a narrow band behind the original defect, which appeared in cracked specimens but not in notched specimens.
Highlights
Additive manufacturing is a booming field because it allows fabricating complex geometries in a quite simple process
This paper focuses on the fracture behaviour of 3-D printed acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) fracture specimens containing
Three tensile tests were performed per raster orientation, and 2 fracture tests were performed per combination of notch radius and raster orientation, except for the case of cracked specimens
Summary
Additive manufacturing is a booming field because it allows fabricating complex geometries in a quite simple process. Several technologies are available when dealing with additive manufacturing. Among them, fused deposition modeling (FDM) is one of the most widely used. FDM consists in the extrusion of heated feedstock plastic filaments through a nozzle tip. The extruded material is deposited layer by layer to build the final component following its corresponding digital model [1]. This simple, reliable and affordable process is guided by software, which permits the user to import the exact geometry of the desired component
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