EXPERIMENTAL AND FINITE ELEMENT FREE VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF A 3D PRINTED NANOCOMPOSITE POLYMER CANTILEVER BEAM


Öğr. Gör. SABRİ CAN EKERER

Tez Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Adana Alparslan Türkeş Bilim Ve Teknoloji Üniversitesi, Lisansüstü Eğitim Enstitüsü, Makine Mühendisliği, Türkiye

Tez Danışmanı: Doç. Dr. Cem Boğa

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2022

Tezin Dili: İngilizce

Desteklendiği Program: Diğer

Özet:

Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is steadily increasing its usage in manufacturing since it enables flexibility in design and significantly shortens the amount of time needed from the design phase to the first production. Like many manufacturing methods, the process comes along with some drawbacks, one of them being weaknesses in mechanical properties mostly caused by anisotropy due to the nature of the method.  Nevertheless, there are many novel efforts made for overcoming these difficulties such as the inclusion of nanoparticles in the feedstock of the process which is the filament. By including these nanoparticles, researchers aim to enhance the relatively weak properties of the parts produced with Fused Deposition Modeling. Furthermore, the use of parts manufactured with this method is taking place in the Automotive and Aeronautics industries as well which requires low-weight but durable parts. Along with reliability, an important characteristic of the parts used in these industries is vibrational behavior, since these parts are subjected to intense vibration frequently. It is a known fact that if vibration caused by external forces on a part coincides with the natural frequency of the part then a phenomenon called resonance occurs causing devastating effects.

 

In this study, two types of nanocomposite cantilever beams composed of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) containing Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) nanoparticles of 1%, 2%, 3%, and 5% in weight fraction and ABS containing Carbon Black (CB) nanoparticles of 0.3%, 1% and 2% in weight fraction were manufactured by FDM method. The filaments used for these beams were fabricated in-house with the material extrusion method. The cantilever beams were physically tested for determining the effect of nanoparticle addition on vibrational behavior regarding natural frequency and damping ratio values. Along with the physical tests, the natural frequency values of the beams were also numerically calculated with ANSYS software for validation. The results showed that CB nanoparticle content in ABS resulted in an increase in the damping ratio of the beams compared to pure ABS beams with a maximum value obtained in 0.3wt% CB nanocomposite beams with a 39.6% increase in the damping ratio value however, it had a small influence on the natural frequency value of the beams. The CaCO3 content in the matrix also provided a maximum of 11.1% increase in the damping ratio with 5wt% CaCO3 content. In terms of natural frequency values, it was concluded that the addition of CaCO3 nanoparticles has a limited effect on the parameter.