Design, Simulation and SFF Techniques for Functional Components

Noshir Langrana, Dan Qiu, Guohua Wu, Kathryn Higgins, Cheng Tiao Hsieh

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Abstract

Development of Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) systems has created the opportunity for new approaches in design of functional components, which leverages the inherent strengths of both experiment and numerical simulation. This paper describes an approach in which the computational models are integrated with the rapid prototyping fabrication processes. The parts are fabricated using different materials including wax, PZT, silicone nitride, and 17-4PH stainless steel powders for the SFF hardware (Langrana et al, 2000, Qiu et al, 1999, Danforth et al, 1998) and Ciba-Geigy SL-resin for SLA hardware (Higgins and Langrana, 1998, Higgins and Langrana 1999). The components such as turbine blades, actuators, and fixtures have been designed, simulated and fabricated. The properties of parts have been and are being quantified in terms of accuracy and quality.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication26th Biennial Mechanisms and Robotics Conference
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Pages1381-1386
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9780791835203
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000
EventASME 2000 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC-CIE 2000 - Baltimore, United States
Duration: Sep 10 2000Sep 13 2000

Publication series

NameProceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
Volume7B

Conference

ConferenceASME 2000 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC-CIE 2000
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBaltimore
Period9/10/009/13/00

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Modeling and Simulation

Keywords

  • rapid prototyping
  • simulation
  • Solid freeform fabrication
  • video microscopy
  • virtual design

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