MICROSTRUCTURAL MODELING OF FIBER FILLED POLYMERS IN FUSED FILAMENT FABRICATION

摘要

Fused filament fabrication using fiber filled polymers produces parts with complex geometries,rnbead arrangement, and in-bead property variation. Understanding the microstructural impacts onrnbead and part level properties is critical for further process simulations and design improvements.rnThis work presents a method using Digimat-FE [1] and SwiftComp [2] for determining finalrnproperties of a bead or part starting from knowledge of the microstructural geometry.