A critical review on 3D printed continuous fiber-reinforced composites: History, mechanism, materials and properties. (15th January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kabir, S M Fijul; Mathur, Kavita; Seyam, Abdel-Fattah M.
• Is Part Of: Composite structures. Volume 232(2019)
• Publication Date: 2020-01-15
• Subjects: 3DP Three-dimensional Printing -- AM Additive Manufacturing -- CAD Computer-Aided Design -- CF Carbon Fiber -- CFF Continuous Filament Fabrication -- CLPT Classical Laminate Plate Theory -- CSM Continuous Scaled Manufacturing -- FDM Fused Deposition Modeling -- FEA Finite Element Analysis -- FFF Fused Filament Fabrication -- FG Fiberglass -- FVF Fiber Volume Fraction -- ILSS Interlaminar Shear Strength -- K Kevlar -- N or PA Nylon -- ROM Rule of Mixing -- SEM Scanning Electron Microscopy -- SLA Stereolithography -- SLS Selective Laser Sintering -- STL Standard Tessellation Language -- VAS Volume Averaging Stiffness; 3D printing -- Continuous fiber -- Composites -- Mechanism -- Microstructure -- Mechanical properties; Composite construction -- Periodicals; Composites -- Périodiques; 624.18
• DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.111476
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0263-8223

Abstract

Graphical abstract: Abstract: Three-dimensional printing (3DP), interchangeably termed as additive manufacturing, is an emerging technology for creating myriad objects with numerous design flexibilities by sequential layering. The research revolving 3DP to develop different high-performance materials is in its young stage and burgeoning exponentially throughout the globe. The widest applications of 3DP technology are found in automobile, aerospace, building, metal and alloy, electronic and biomedical fields. Recently, the opportunity to use fiber as reinforcement in the plastic resin of 3D printed model has contributed significantly to the improvement of mechanical performances of 3D printed composites. In the present review, along with introducing brief history of 3DP, mechanism of embedding different continuous fibers into different plastics and their microstructural and mechanical properties including predicting models have been critically reviewed. Additionally, based on the limitations of current technology future research directions have been defined.