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Rotational 3D printing of damage-tolerant composites with programmable mechanics

Overview of attention for article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, January 2018
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Title
Rotational 3D printing of damage-tolerant composites with programmable mechanics
Published in
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, January 2018
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1715157115
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Authors

Jordan R. Raney, Brett G. Compton, Jochen Mueller, Thomas J. Ober, Kristina Shea, Jennifer A. Lewis

Abstract

Natural composites exhibit exceptional mechanical performance that often arises from complex fiber arrangements within continuous matrices. Inspired by these natural systems, we developed a rotational 3D printing method that enables spatially controlled orientation of short fibers in polymer matrices solely by varying the nozzle rotation speed relative to the printing speed. Using this method, we fabricated carbon fiber-epoxy composites composed of volume elements (voxels) with programmably defined fiber arrangements, including adjacent regions with orthogonally and helically oriented fibers that lead to nonuniform strain and failure as well as those with purely helical fiber orientations akin to natural composites that exhibit enhanced damage tolerance. Our approach broadens the design, microstructural complexity, and performance space for fiber-reinforced composites through site-specific optimization of their fiber orientation, strain, failure, and damage tolerance.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 350 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 103 29%
Researcher 45 13%
Student > Master 32 9%
Student > Bachelor 28 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 20 6%
Other 54 15%
Unknown 68 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 128 37%
Materials Science 69 20%
Chemistry 20 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 2%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 2%
Other 28 8%
Unknown 92 26%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 106. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 February 2018.
All research outputs
#351,245
of 23,509,253 outputs
Outputs from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
#6,602
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Outputs of similar age
#9,018
of 444,366 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
#147
of 974 outputs
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