Optimal topology for additive manufacture: A method for enabling additive manufacture of support-free optimal structures

Materials and Design

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 678-690

  Leary, Martin ^a   Merli, Luigi ^b   Torti, Federico ^b   Mazur, Maciej ^a   Brandt, Milan ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; ADDITIVES; DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY; GEOMETRY; TOPOLOGY;

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; MANUFACTURING TIME; OPTIMAL ORIENTATION; OPTIMAL STRUCTURES; OPTIMAL TOPOLOGIES; TOPOLOGY OPTIMISATION; TRADITIONAL MANUFACTURING;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84920124740     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.06.015     Document Type: Article

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