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Damage Mechanics of 3D Printed Polymer Structures and Components

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Processing and Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 135

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Muhammad Khan

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Centre for Life-Cycle Engineering and Management, Cranfield University, College Road, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK
Interests: additively manufactured polymers; damage mechanics; maintenance engineering; asset management, polymer tribology
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Dear Colleagues,

Polymer structures and components are presently manufactured by additive manufacturing process. This process dominates the resultant microstructural properties of the manufactured part and, thus, influences its damage behaviour. This Special Issue requests research papers that incorporate this influence into the existing concepts of theoretical and applied solid mechanics of materials. Analytical, numerical and experimental studies that reveals how the damage is initiated, is propagated and leads to fracture in printed polymer structures and components are welcome.

Dr. Muhammad Khan
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • polymer structures
  • damage mechanics
  • 3D printing
  • additive manufacturing polymers

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Effect of Printing Parameters on the Dynamic Characteristics of Additively Manufactured ABS Beams: An Experimental Modal Analysis and Response Surface Methodology
by Hilal Doğanay Kati, Feiyang He, Muhammad Khan, Hakan Gökdağ and Yousef Lafi A. Alshammari
Polymers 2025, 17(12), 1615; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym17121615 (registering DOI) - 10 Jun 2025
Abstract
This study investigates the dynamic characteristics of three-dimensional (3D) printed acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) cantilever beams using Experimental Modal Analysis (EMA). The effects of Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) process parameters—specifically infill pattern, infill density, nozzle size, and raster angle—on the natural frequency, mode [...] Read more.
This study investigates the dynamic characteristics of three-dimensional (3D) printed acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) cantilever beams using Experimental Modal Analysis (EMA). The effects of Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) process parameters—specifically infill pattern, infill density, nozzle size, and raster angle—on the natural frequency, mode shapes, and damping ratio were examined. Although numerous studies have addressed the static mechanical behaviour of FDM parts, there remains a significant gap in understanding how internal structural features and porosity influence their vibrational response. To address this, a total of seventy-two specimens were fabricated with varying parameter combinations, and their dynamic responses were evaluated through frequency response functions (FRFs) obtained via the impact hammer test. Damping characteristics were extracted using the peak-picking (half power) method. Additionally, the influence of internal porosity on damping behaviour was assessed by comparing the actual and theoretical masses of the specimens. The findings indicate that both natural frequencies and damping ratios are strongly influenced by the internal structure of the printed components. In particular, gyroid and cubic infill patterns increased structural stiffness and resulted in higher resonant frequencies, while low infill densities and triangle patterns contributed to enhanced damping capacity. Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was employed to develop mathematical models describing the parameter effects, providing predictive tools for applications sensitive to vibration. The high R² values obtained in the RSM models based on the input variables show that these variables explain the effects of these variables on both natural frequency and damping ratio with high accuracy. The models developed (with R2 values up to 0.98) enable the prediction of modal behaviour, providing a valuable design tool for engineers optimizing vibration-sensitive components in fields such as aerospace, automotive, and electronics. Full article
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