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Influence of aerogel powder on the mechanical and stability properties of photocurable resin composites produced by stereolithography (SLA)

  • Gizem Acar Yavuz

    Gizem Acar Yavuz received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Dokuz Eylul University in 2023. She worked as a researcher in a project supported by the Scientific Research Projects Department of Dokuz Eylul University during her PhD education period. Her research fields are 3D printing technologies, polymer processing, polymer characterization, composite materials, and production of composite structures having different topologies.

         , Binnur Gören Kıral

    Prof. Dr. Binnur Gören Kıral received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Dokuz Eylul University in 2004. She has been working as a Professor since 2016 in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Dokuz Eylul University. Her main research fields are solid mechanics, finite element analysis, stability, and composite materials.

     ORCID logo EMAIL logo     and Zeki Kıral

    Prof. Dr. Zeki Kıral received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Dokuz Eylul University in 2002. He has been working as a Professor since 2015 in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Dokuz Eylul University. His main research fields are control systems, mechanical vibrations, condition monitoring, and computer-aided engineering.
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From the journal Materials Testing Volume 67 Issue 3

Abstract

This study looked into how adding aerogel affected the dynamic stability, mechanical, and damping characteristics of 3D-printed specimens made using SLA technology. Using the mechanical properties discovered via experimental research, a computer algorithm based on finite element theory was developed to calculate the dynamic instability zones of the composite specimens with varying weight ratios of the aerogel particles. The investigations revealed that as the aerogel content increases, the specimens’ compressive strength increases as well. However, when the aerogel content was more than 1 wt.%, the specimens’ tensile properties were unable to improve continually due to the difficulty of dispersion of aerogel in the resin. A similar tendency has also been seen for the damping property of specimens reinforced by the aerogel particles. The results show that the proper amount of aerogel improves mechanical properties and damping properties of the resin, which has brittle characteristics. Furthermore, it has been determined that when the aerogel weight ratio rises, the instability region gets wider as the dynamic load parameter rises. Conversely, when aerogel contribution increases, so do parametric resonance frequency values.

Keywords: 3D printing; resin; aerogel; damping property; dynamic stability
Corresponding author: Binnur Gören Kıral, Dokuz Eylul Universitesi, Izmir, Türkiye, E-mail:

Funding source: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi

Award Identifier / Grant number: BAP-2021.KB.FEN.041

About the authors

Gizem Acar Yavuz

Gizem Acar Yavuz received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Dokuz Eylul University in 2023. She worked as a researcher in a project supported by the Scientific Research Projects Department of Dokuz Eylul University during her PhD education period. Her research fields are 3D printing technologies, polymer processing, polymer characterization, composite materials, and production of composite structures having different topologies.

Binnur Gören Kıral

Prof. Dr. Binnur Gören Kıral received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Dokuz Eylul University in 2004. She has been working as a Professor since 2016 in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Dokuz Eylul University. Her main research fields are solid mechanics, finite element analysis, stability, and composite materials.

Zeki Kıral

Prof. Dr. Zeki Kıral received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Dokuz Eylul University in 2002. He has been working as a Professor since 2015 in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Dokuz Eylul University. His main research fields are control systems, mechanical vibrations, condition monitoring, and computer-aided engineering.

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge Dokuz Eylul University Department of Scientific Research Projects for the financial support through the project BAP-2021.KB.FEN.041.

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  3. Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  4. Use of Large Language Models, AI and Machine Learning Tools: None declared.

  5. Conflict of interests: The authors state no conflict of interest.

  6. Research funding: The findings presented in this publication were acquired as part of a scientific research project sponsored by Dokuz Eylul University (BAP-2021.KB.FEN.041). We are grateful to Dokuz Eylul University for providing funding.

  7. Data availability: The raw data can be obtained on request from the corresponding author.

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