TY - GEN
T1 - Relationship between conductivities and shape memory performance of FDM composite filaments
AU - Liu, Wenbo
AU - Wu, Nan
AU - Pochiraju, Kishore
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2017 ASME.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Carbon filled PLA Composite filaments made for use with Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) were tested for their shape memory properties. Paper shows the relationship between the thermal and electrical conductivities of the filament and its shape recovery performance. The addition of SiC and graphite fillers accelerates the shape memory performance of PLA composites. Electrical conductivity of the filaments was characterized with I-V curves. Thermal conductivity measurements were performed, based on the ASTM D5470, on both FDM filaments and parts made with pure PLA and PLA composites. The results indicated that thermal conductivity increases with increasing SiC filler content. The conductivity increases correlate well with the reduction in the time to induce the shape recovery transition. This correlation enables control of shape transition timings in a part through the design of material composition.
AB - Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Carbon filled PLA Composite filaments made for use with Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) were tested for their shape memory properties. Paper shows the relationship between the thermal and electrical conductivities of the filament and its shape recovery performance. The addition of SiC and graphite fillers accelerates the shape memory performance of PLA composites. Electrical conductivity of the filaments was characterized with I-V curves. Thermal conductivity measurements were performed, based on the ASTM D5470, on both FDM filaments and parts made with pure PLA and PLA composites. The results indicated that thermal conductivity increases with increasing SiC filler content. The conductivity increases correlate well with the reduction in the time to induce the shape recovery transition. This correlation enables control of shape transition timings in a part through the design of material composition.
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U2 - 10.1115/IMECE2017-70452
DO - 10.1115/IMECE2017-70452
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85040933867
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
BT - Emerging Technologies; Materials
T2 - ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2017
Y2 - 3 November 2017 through 9 November 2017
ER -