Investigating mechanical anisotropy and end-of-vector effect in laser-sintered nylon parts

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 220, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1077-1086

  Ajoku, U ^a   Saleh, N ^a   Hopkinson, N ^a   Hague, R ^a   Erasenthiran, P ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser sintering (LS); Mechanical properties; Nylon 12; Rapid manufacturing (RM); Rapid prototyping (RP)

Indexed keywords

AXIS ORIENTATION; BUILD ORIENTATION; COMPRESSIVE TESTS; FLEXURAL TESTS; LASER SCANNING; LASER SINTERING; LASER SINTERING (LS); MECHANICAL ANISOTROPY; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; MODULUS VALUES; NYLON-12; POWDER LAYER; RAPID MANUFACTURING (RM); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE TESTS; TEST PART; VECTOR EFFECTS;

ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSION TESTING; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; JOB ANALYSIS; LASER HEATING; LASERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PINCH EFFECT; POLYAMIDES; RAPID PROTOTYPING; RAYON; SCANNING; TENSILE TESTING; TESTING; TOOLS;

SINTERING;

EID: 34547939649     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM537     Document Type: Article

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