2021/01/22 by Nina Korshunova, Korshunova, Nina, Gianluca Alaimo +16
Computer Science · Engineering · #Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies #Cellular and Composite Structures #Computational Engineering #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Finance #Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials #and Science (cs.CE) #cs.CE
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2101.09034
arxiv created 2021/01/22 · openalex publication_date 2021/01/22 · arxiv updated 2021/01/25 · openalex created_date 2021/02/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Selective Laser Melting (SLM) technology has undergone significant development in the past years providing unique flexibility for the fabrication of complex metamaterials such as octet-truss lattices. However, the microstructure of the final parts can exhibit significant variations due to the high complexity of the manufacturing process. Consequently, the mechanical behavior of these lattices is strongly dependent on the process-induced defects, raising the importance on the incorporation of as-manufactured geometries into the computational structural analysis. This, in turn, challenges the traditional mesh-conforming methods making the computational costs prohibitively large. In the present work, an immersed image-to-analysis framework is applied to efficiently evaluate the bending behavior of AM lattices. To this end, we employ the Finite Cell Method (FCM) to perform a three-dimensional numerical analysis of the three-point bending test of a lattice structure and compare the as-designed to as-manufactured effective properties. Furthermore, we undertake a comprehensive study on the applicability of dimensionally reduced beam models to the prediction of the bending behavior of lattice beams and validate classical and strain gradient beam theories applied in combination with the FCM. The numerical findings suggest that the SLM octet-truss lattices exhibit size effects, thus, requiring a flexible framework to incorporate high-order continuum theories.