A dithering based method to generate variable volume lattice cells for additive manufacturing

22nd Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium - An Additive Manufacturing Conference, SFF 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 671-679

  Brackett, D ^a   Ashcroft, I ^a   Hague, R ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; CYTOLOGY; MANUFACTURE;

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; ERROR DIFFUSION; LATTICE CELLS; LATTICE STRUCTURES; STRESS FRINGE; STRESS LEVELS; TETRAHEDRAL CELLS; VARIABLE VOLUME;

CELLS;

EID: 84898408267     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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