Ying Mao^1,*, Ming-Hisao Lee², Wen-Hwa Chen¹

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.21, No.3, pp. 53-53, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.05306

Abstract 3D printing technology is mainly designed to fabricate irregular-shaped targets, but it undergoes an issue of unavoidable thermal residual stress and may induce serious warping and distortion. To guarantee the quality of the printing 3D irregular-shaped parts, a novel meshless analysis procedure is therefore established in this work. With certain checking mechanisms devised, the nodes used by the meshless analysis are appropriately chosen to represent the irregular geometry of printing parts and fit the growing situation in the printing process. As verified by the temperature measurement in the printing process, uniform temperature of each layer is assumed and the thermal… More >

Lilan Gao^1,2,*, Qingxian Yuan^1,2, Ruixin Li^3,*, Lei Chen^1,2, Chunqiu Zhang^1,2, Xizheng Zhang^1,2

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.15, No.2, pp. 85-98, 2018, DOI: 10.3970/mcb.2018.00329

Abstract Silk fibroin-typeⅡcollagen scaffold was made by 3D printing technique and freeze-drying method, and its mechanical properties were studied by experiments and theoretical prediction. The results show that the three-dimensional silk fibroin-typeⅡ collagen scaffold has good porosity and water absorption, which is (89.3%+3.26%) and (824.09%+93.05%), respectively. With the given strain value, the stress of scaffold decreases rapidly firstly and then tends to be stable during the stress relaxation. Both initial and instantaneous stresses increase with increase of applied strain value. The creep strains of scaffold with different stress levels show the two stages: the rapidly increasing stage and the second stable… More >

Y. Gür^*

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.11, No.4, pp. 249-258, 2014, DOI:10.3970/mcb.2014.011.249

Abstract The purpose of the study presented here was to investigate the manufacturability of human anatomical models from Computed Tomography (CT) scan data via a 3D desktop printer which uses fused deposition modelling (FDM) technology. First, Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) CT scan data were converted to 3D Standard Triangle Language (STL) format by using InVaselius digital imaging program. Once this STL file is obtained, a 3D physical version of the anatomical model can be fabricated by a desktop 3D FDM printer. As a case study, a patient’s skull CT scan data was considered, and a tangible version of… More >

Ming-Hsiao Lee^1,*, Shou-I Chen², Wen-Hwa Chen³, Ying Mao³

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.120, No.2, pp. 363-374, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2019.06476

Abstract 3D Printing, also called Additive Manufacturing, has become a promising manufacturing method to produce parts in various fields as it can produce parts even with very irregular shapes in a relatively shorter process and time. However, during the printing process, some problems could decrease the accuracy and quality of the printed parts, such as warpage due to thermal strains, deformation due to inadequate supports, etc. The finite element method is most commonly adopted to evaluate engineering problems in advance to reduce possible failures; however, the element meshes, needed for analyses, are always irregularly distributed, especially for irregular objects, and cannot… More >