Journal
VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL PROTOTYPING
Volume 16, Issue -, Pages S53-S65Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17452759.2021.1917295
Keywords
Additive manufacture; multi-material; functional material; negative thermal expansion; mechanical metamaterial
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A bi-material metamaterial was constructed using a material extrusion process to fabricate a material with consistent CTE in various in-plane directions, with experimental results confirming identical CTE values. The programmable CTE values obtained were higher than those of basic polymers, expanding the range to [-77, +258] ppm/degrees C and providing a basis for engineering applications in additive manufacturing.
The current metamaterials with the programmable coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) usually present the unexpected anisotropy, and the experimentally measured CTEs are quite narrower. Here, a bi-material metamaterial was constructed. The material extrusion process was established to fabricate the metamaterial. The measured CTEs in various in-plane directions are in good consistency to each other, experimentally verifying the identical CTE in various in-plane directions. The relative deviation between the experimental measurements and theoretical predictions is within -13.0% to +11.0%. The positive programmable CTEs are as high as 204 and 258 ppm/degrees C, which are larger than those of the basic polymers nylon and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). Otherwise, the negative CTEs of -25 and -77 ppm/degrees C are obtained, even though both the nylon and PVA have positive CTEs. The programmable CTEs are expanded to be [-77, +258] ppm/degrees C, far beyond the literature results, supplementing the additive manufacturing and experimental basis to the engineering applications.
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