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Effects of Short-Term Thermal Aging on the Fracture Behavior of 3D-Printed Polymers

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3D printing technologies offer numerous advantages and have attracted the attention of researchers recently. Yet, the most commonly preferred additive manufacturing system is the extrusion-based process that is called fused deposition modeling (FDM) as it is simple, low cost, and prone to customization. In this paper, the effects of the short-term aging of the additively manufactured PLA and ABS specimens were investigated experimentally. The test specimens were aged by keeping them at ambient temperatures of − 80, − 20, 60, 100 °C for 10, 20, and 30 days. Thermally aged specimens and the pristine specimens were forced to fracture with bending load at room temperature. Thus, the permanent effects of thermal aging of the specimens were investigated utilizing the load–deflection curve, plane-strain fracture toughness, and the morphologies of fracture surfaces. It was concluded that the printed PLA materials are more susceptible to the thermal aging than the ABS printed materials. The contraction and expansion of the fused polymer filaments affect directly the bonding strength between the adjacent layers. Therefore, plane-strain fracture characteristics of the FDM polymer materials exposed to thermal aging differ according to the filament orientation and the aging time.

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The authors wish to thank The Office of Scientific Research Projects of Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University for funding this study under Contract No. 2020-02-06-MAP01.

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    Fatih Darıcık, Gökhan Canbolat & Alparslan Topcu

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Adana Alparslan Türkeş Science and Technology University, 01250, Adana, Turkey

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This invited article is part of a special topical focus in the Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance on Additive Manufacturing. The issue was organized by Dr. William Frazier, Pilgrim Consulting, LLC; Mr. Rick Russell, NASA; Dr. Yan Lu, NIST; Dr. Brandon D. Ribic, America Makes; and Caroline Vail, NSWC Carderock.

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Darıcık, F., Delibaş, H., Canbolat, G. et al. Effects of Short-Term Thermal Aging on the Fracture Behavior of 3D-Printed Polymers. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 30, 8851–8858 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-021-06374-z

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