Individualized lightweight structures for biomedical applications using additive manufacturing and carbon fiber patched composites
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2019-10-24
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Combining additive manufacturing (AM) with carbon fiber reinforced polymer patched composites unlocks potentials in the design of individualized, lightweight biomedical structures. Arising design opportunities are geometrical individualization of structures using the design freedom of AM and the patient-individual design of the load-bearing components employing carbon fiber patch placement. To date, however, full exploitation of these opportunities is a complex recurring task, which requires a high amount of knowledge and engineering effort for design, optimization, and manufacturing. The goal of this study is to make this complexity manageable by introducing a suitable manufacturing strategy for individualized lightweight structures and by developing a digitized end-to-end design process chain, which provides a high degree of task automation. The approach to achieve full individualization uses a parametric model of the structure which is adapted to patients’ 3D scans. Moreover, patient data is used to define individual load cases and perform structural optimization. The potentials of the approach are demonstrated on an exoskeleton hip structure. A significant reduction of weight compared to a standard design suggests that the design and manufacturing chain is promising for the realization of individualized high-performance structures
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5
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e20
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Cambridge University Press
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Additive Manufacturing; carbon fiber reinforced polymers; fiber patch placement; individualization; biomedical structures
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03507 - Ermanni, Paolo (emeritus) / Ermanni, Paolo (emeritus)
03943 - Meboldt, Mirko / Meboldt, Mirko