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Study on Tensile Properties of 3D Porous Lattice Structures Based on Cube Truss Cells

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Digital light processing (DLP) is a forming method that exhibits high forming speed and precision characteristics and can be used to fabricate microstructures. Therefore, in this study, a flexible, elastic, and photosensitive resin is prepared using the DLP forming method. Furthermore, a novel three-dimensional porous lattice structure is designed based on a cubic truss cell optimized by artificial topology. The influence of DLP printing parameters on the forming effect of the lattice structure is investigated, and a sample with complete structure and no blockage is prepared. The tensile properties of the lattice structure under different structures and different support rod diameters are studied using uniaxial tensile tests. The results show that the novel flexible, porous structure fabricated using DLP printing has clear internal pores, good connectivity, and the porosity and tensile fracture rates are greater than 80 and 85.6%, respectively, than those of the solid tensile spline. Lattice structure 3 exhibited the highest effective tensile toughness, so it has the best comprehensive tensile properties. In addition, the tensile stress of the structure decreased and the tensile fracture rate increased with an increase in the diameter of the single-cell strut. In summary, the structure can be employed in flexible electrodes, fragile clamping materials, and buffer materials.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 52175234 and 51105175) and the “Six Talent Peaks” project of Jiangsu Province (JXQC-006). The authors are thankful for the support provided by the foundation.

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Xiaogang, J., Lin, D., Wei, W. et al. Study on Tensile Properties of 3D Porous Lattice Structures Based on Cube Truss Cells. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 32, 3658–3667 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-07319-w

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