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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Analysis of the Mechanical Behavior of Tree-like Fractal Structures in SLM-Manufactured Components.

Anca Stanciu Birlescu, Cristian Vilau, Nicolae Balc

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Anca Stanciu BirlescuDepartment of Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Robotics and Production Management, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Memorandumului 28, 400114 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Cristian VilauDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400114 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-5622-0393
Nicolae BalcDepartment of Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Robotics and Production Management, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Memorandumului 28, 400114 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-5280-1454

Funding

European Development Fund and the Romanian Government project ID P 34 466, MySMIS code 121349, contract no.5/05.06.2018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tree-like fractals as internal structures are a novel alternative to conventional lattice structures for mechanical components produced via Selective Laser Melting (SLM). This study explores the mechanical behavior of tree-like fractals, targeting flexure tests on SLM test samples manufactured using two distinct fractal configurations. The main objective is to develop numerical models that can predict the effect of the branching angle on the stress-strain curves, for both fractal configurations, from experimental flexure tests. A polynomial regression model is proposed to predict mechanical response variations based on fractal geometry, and the prediction model provides acceptable errors, less than the natural variance of multiple experiments. Furthermore, the tree-like fractal samples showed an interesting behavior on the flexure test, where the fractals deformed uniformly and in a predictable pattern, enabling mechanical advantages in impact absorption applications.

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mechanical behaviorselective laser meltingtree-like fractals

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PMID40428952
PMCPMC12113572

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