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ArticlePolymers2024

Environmental Durability of Bio-Based and Synthetic Thermoplastic Composites in Large-Format Additive Manufacturing.

Felipe A Saavedra-Rojas, Sunil Bhandari, Roberto A Lopez-Anido

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Article in Polymers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Felipe A Saavedra-RojasAdvanced Structures and Composite Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1602-8951
Sunil BhandariAdvanced Structures and Composite Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2748-3095
Roberto A Lopez-AnidoAdvanced Structures and Composite Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8702-0642

Funding

United States Department of Transportation 69A3551847101
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This research investigates the durability of large-format 3D-printed thermoplastic composite material systems under environmental exposure conditions of moisture and freeze-thaw. Durability was evaluated for two bio-based composite material systems, namely wood-fiber-reinforced semi-crystalline polylactic acid (WF/PLA) and wood-fiber-reinforced amorphous polylactic acid (WF/aPLA), and one conventionally used synthetic material system, namely short-carbon-fiber-reinforced acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (CF/ABS). The moisture absorption, coefficient of moisture expansion, and reduction of relevant mechanical properties-flexural strength and flexural modulus-after accelerated exposure were experimentally characterized. The results showed that the large-format 3D-printed parts made from bio-based thermoplastic polymer composites, compared to conventional polymer composites, were more susceptible to moisture and freeze-thaw exposure, with higher moisture absorption and greater reductions in mechanical properties.

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3D printingaccelerated testingbio-basedcarbon fibercompositedurabilityfreeze–thawlarge-format additive manufacturingmoisture

Identifiers

PMID38543392
PMCPMC10975879

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