
Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Lattices Additively Manufactured by Selective Laser Melting
- 1st Edition - June 12, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Authors: Chunze Yan, Liang Hao, Lei Yang, Ahmed Yussuf Hussein, Philippe G Young, Zhaoqing Li, Yan Li
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 4 3 8 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 4 3 9 - 5
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Request a sales quoteTriply Periodic Minimal Surface Lattices by Selective Laser Melting Additive Manufacturing presents the design, manufacturing, microstructure, mechanical properties and applications of TPMS structures fabricated by selective laser additive manufacturing technology. The title explains these complex and useful structures based on systematic work in the UK and China. Sections introduce structure design methods, assess TPMS structures, explain mathematical their modeling, present the manufacturing, microstructure, mechanical and fatigue properties of metal uniform TPMS structures, discuss manufacturing and mechanical responses for functionally graded TPMS structures, give numerical analysis methods for predicting the mechanics of uniform and functionally graded TPMS structures, and more.
- Presents the state-of-the art in triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) structures by surface laser melting (SLM)
- Describes how to assess manufacturability of TPMS structures by additive manufacturing (AM)
- Analyzes the mechanical properties of TPMS structures through experimental and numerical methods
- Details topology optimization for pore size
- Gives fatigue fracture mechanics for TPMS structures
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Introduction
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Abstract
- 1.1: The importance of structure design in AM
- 1.2: Classic lattice structures
- 1.3: What is TPMS and its merits?
- 1.4: Additive manufacture processes
- 1.5: Book outline
- Chapter 2: Design of TPMS structures
- Abstract
- 2.1: Introduction
- 2.2: Triply periodic minimal surfaces
- 2.3: The potential of TPMS for SLM/DMLS manufacture
- 2.4: Computer modeling of TPMS lattice structures
- 2.5: Simpleware software
- 2.6: Computer modeling of graded TPMS lattice structures
- 2.7: Conclusion
- Chapter 3: Metal alloys uniform TPMS structures
- Abstract
- 3.1: Introduction
- 3.2: Manufacturability study of TPMS lattice structures in SLM
- 3.3: Evaluation of the microstructures of TPMS lattice structures
- 3.4: Evaluation of the mechanical behavior of TPMS lattice structures
- 3.5: Surface modifications and hydroxyapatite coating
- Chapter 4: Alloy/graphene 3D TPMS porous scaffold
- Abstract
- 4.1: Background
- 4.2: Graphene/copper 3D scaffold for EMI applications
- 4.3: Ni-Cu alloy/graphene 3D scaffold for thermal conductivity applications
- Chapter 5: Fatigue properties of uniform TPMS structures
- Abstract
- 5.1: Background
- 5.2: Methodologies
- 5.3: Results
- 5.4: Discussion
- 5.5: Summary
- Chapter 6: Numerical analysis on the mechanical properties of uniform TPMS
- Abstract
- 6.1: Background
- 6.2: Finite element analysis
- 6.3: Analytical analysis
- 6.4: Summary
- Chapter 7: Functionally graded TPMS
- Abstract
- 7.1: Background
- 7.2: 316L graded TPMS
- 7.3: Pure Ti graded TPMS
- 7.4: Unit cell size effect in graded TPMS
- Chapter 8: Application and prospects
- Abstract
- 8.1: TPMS support for metal additive manufacturing
- 8.2: Graded TPMS support for metal additive manufacturing
- 8.3: Prospect and potential
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 12, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 336
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128244388
- eBook ISBN: 9780128244395
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Chunze Yan
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Liang Hao
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Lei Yang
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Ahmed Yussuf Hussein
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Philippe G Young
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Zhaoqing Li
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