MANIKANDAN.N1,*, RAJESH.P.K1
Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.38, No.3-4, pp. 327-336, 2021, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2021.38.3-4.12
Abstract In this research, a new method to fabricate multi-material, multi-shape changing polymer
composites is proposed. The method aims to reduce the number of thermomechanical
programming steps involved in achieving shape change in a shape memory polymer (SMP)
composite structure by including the programming steps directly into the printing process. After
a single step of mechanical deformation and thermal loading, the SMP fibers can be activated
sequentially to control the shape change. Composite strip samples were fabricated using a
Stratasys Objet 260 multimaterial printer. Two polymer inks VeroPureWhite and Agilus30 were
used as primary materials. The composite strip consists of fiber… More >
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