Abstract
Polymer filaments represent the fundamental materials employed in fused filament fabrication additive manufacturing. This paper uses an innovative nondestructive evaluation technique for gauging the elastic properties of these polymer filaments. The method hinges on acoustic wave scattering theory, wherein a polymer filament is immersed in water and exposed to an incident acoustic wave. The waves scattered from the cylinder contain crucial information concerning the elastic properties of the filament. To extract these properties, an inverse method is applied which compares the resonance frequencies of the scattered signal with those anticipated based on a theoretical model. To improve the performance of this method in identifying the resonance frequencies, the derivative of the unwrapped phase within the backscattered pressure spectrum is analyzed. This is an advantageous approach as it can be equally applied to both experimental and theoretical pressure spectra, simplifying the task of identification of resonance frequencies considerably. The method's effectiveness is exemplified through its application to an aluminum rod followed by its application to two polymer filaments. Comparing the elastic constants of the polymer filaments determined through the proposed method with values reported in the literature underscores the method's capability to accurately measure the elastic constants of polymer filaments.
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