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SI: Modeling in Structural Integrity Views: 1,086 Downloads: 451 Vol. 19, No. 71 (2025) October 14, 2024 pp. 91-107

Low-carbon cementitious composite incorporated with biochar and recycled fines suitable for 3D printing applications: hydration, shrinkage and early-age performance

Karol Federowicz, Krzysztof Cendrowski, Paweł Sikora

In recent years, the construction industry has witnessed significant advancements in concrete technology, particularly with the integration of 3D printing in cement-based materials. While this innovation offers promising opportunities for…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 547 Downloads: 334 Vol. 18, No. 70 (2024) September 4, 2024 pp. 227-241

Optimization of the internal structure of 3D-printed components for architectural restoration

Valentina Tomei, Ernesto Grande, Maura Imbimbo

In recent years, 3D printing technology has assumed an important role in advanced construction processes across various engineering fields. Among these, the application to the architectural restoration of historic structures is…

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SI: Research activities of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materi Views: 697 Downloads: 479 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) September 2, 2019 pp. 407-413

Experimental and numerical study on the influence of critical 3D printing processing parameters

Nikoletta Chatzidai, Dimitrios Karalekas

In the present work the temperature profile variations generated in rectangular specimens built using the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) process, at different printing speeds and orientations, were investigated. The temperature recordings…

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 1,304 Downloads: 845 Vol. 16, No. 62 (2022) September 22, 2022 pp. 75-90

Damage assessment of different FDM-processed materials adopting Infrared Thermography

Danilo D'Andrea, Giacomo Risitano, Marcello Raffaele, Filippo Cucinotta, Dario Santonocito

The use of components obtained through the additive manufacturing (AM) technique has become increasingly widespread in recent years, playing a central role in industrial production, and in particular in some fields such as automotive…

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SI: Modeling in Structural Integrity Views: 430 Downloads: 245 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) November 15, 2025 pp. 339-350

Diagnostics and experimental analysis of 3D printed concrete structural elements

Kristyna Hrabova, Matěj Velát, Pavel Schmid, Petr Daněk, Richard Dvořák

This study investigates the structural behaviour of elements produced by extrusion-based 3D concrete printing (3DCP). Six full-scale columns with intentional imperfections were tested in three-point bending and subsequently analysed…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 496 Downloads: 309 Vol. 20, No. 76 (2026) January 2, 2026 pp. 31-48

Experimental calibration of a virtual raster section for high-accuracy FDM simulation in Abaqus

Taoufik Hachimi, Fouad Ait Hmazi, Fatima Ezzahra Arhouni, Hajar Rejdali, Yahya Riyad, Fatima Majid

This study presents an experimentally calibrated methodology to enhance the predictive accuracy of finite element simulations for Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) parts in Abaqus by replacing idealized filament geometry with a physically…

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SI: Modeling in Structural Integrity Views: 392 Downloads: 229 Vol. 19, No. 74 (2025) September 21, 2025 pp. 415-421

Numerical and experimental analysis of mechanical and fatigue properties of special shaped 3D printed sample

David Juračka, David Bujdoš, Petr Lehner

Research in the field of property analysis of 3D printed structural elements raises many new questions. A major challenge is to understand the behavior of the material, as the raw material and the resulting printed sample cannot be…

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SI: Steels and Composites for Engineering Structures Views: 1,224 Downloads: 1,140 Vol. 15, No. 58 (2021) September 25, 2021 pp. 282-295

Influence of 3d-printing parameters on the mechanical properties of 17-4PH stainless steel produced through Selective Laser Melting

Francesca Romana Andreacola, Ilaria Capasso, Letizia Pilotti, Giuseppe Brando

Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a technological process in which elements are fruitfully built up adding materials layer by layer. AM had a massive development in recent times, thanks to its intrinsic advantages, especially if compared with…

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SI: Damage Mechanics of materials and structures Views: 591 Downloads: 462 Vol. 19, No. 72 (2025) March 24, 2025 pp. 247-262

Predicting the strength of 3D-printed conductive composite under tensile load: A probabilistic modeling and experimental study

Nassima Naboulsi, Fatima Majid, Taoufik Hachimi, Najoua Barhoumi, Kaouthar Khlifi, Soufyan Dadoun

Conductive PLA is an innovative composite material that combines the ecological benefits of polylactic acid, a biodegradable thermoplastic, with electrical conductivity properties. Usually used in additive manufacturing for its ease of…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 1,538 Downloads: 792 Vol. 18, No. 70 (2024) September 21, 2024 pp. 310-321

Mechanical Evaluation of Recycled PETG Filament for 3D Printing

Liviu Marsavina, Vlad, Sergiu

Additive manufacturing (AM) is revolutionizing various industries by enabling the creation of complex structures with minimal waste. In the context of a circular economy, the importance of recycling cannot be overstated, as it plays a…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 464 Downloads: 303 Vol. 19, No. 73 (2025) June 4, 2025 pp. 181-199

Experimental test on 3D-printing components for Architectural Restoration

Valentina Tomei, Ernesto Grande, Maura Imbimbo

The paper investigates the use of 3D-printed components made from Polylactic Acid (PLA) for the restoration of architectural and ornamental elements, focusing on architectural/structural components. The material PLA was chosen for its…

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Miscellanea Views: 2,407 Downloads: 1,196 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) March 15, 2019 pp. 748-756

Effect of protective coatings on the water absorption and mechanical properties of 3D printed PLA

Carlos Vicente, João Fernandes, Augusto Deus, Maria Vaz, Marco Leite, Luis Reis

This work aims to study the influence of protective coatings on the water absorption and mechanical properties of 3D printed poly–lactic acid (PLA) parts. The PLA parts were fabricated with different levels of the 3D printing process…

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Analytical, computational and physical models Views: 779 Downloads: 414 Vol. 19, No. 71 (2025) October 14, 2024 pp. 108-123

Integrated FEM-Multibody Co-Simulation of Additively Manufactured Hip Prosthesis containing cracks.

Domenico Gentile, Roberto Di Bona, Giuseppe Peter Vanoli, Gabriel testa, Sara Ricci

The increase in life expectancy and attention to the quality of life of elderly people spurred the need, in the last decades, to increase the capabilities of medical and surgical techniques. Among these, the development of prosthetic…

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Fracture Views: 733 Downloads: 992 Vol. 16, No. 60 (2022) March 25, 2022 pp. 213-228

The investigation of additive manufacturing and moldable materials to produce railway ballast grain analogs

Bence Szabó, L. Pásthy, Á. Orosz, K. Tamás

The size and shape of individual grains, play an important role in the mechanical behavior of granular materials such as the strength and stability of railway ballast. The aim of this research is to study materials from which uniform…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 1,035 Downloads: 607 Vol. 18, No. 70 (2024) August 15, 2024 pp. 157-176

Effect of printing process parameters on tensile strength and wear rate of 17-4PH stainless steel deposited using SLM process

Priya Sahadevan, Pon Selvan Chithirai, Avinash Lakshmikanthan, Amiya Bhaumik, Agustin Flores Cuautle

In the current work 17-4PH Stainless Steel is deposited using SLM process. It is widely used to build structural parts appropriate for automotive, medical, and aerospace applications. The 17-4 PH SS samples were deposited using technical…

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SI: Additive Manufacturing Views: 757 Downloads: 560 Vol. 14, No. 51 (2020) December 13, 2019 pp. 534-540

Local scale fracture characterization of an advanced structured material manufactured by fused deposition modeling in 3D printing.

Joseph Marae Djouda, Donato Gallittelli, Marouene Zouaoui, Ali Makke, Julien Gardan, Naman Recho, Jérôme Crépin

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a promising way to produce complex structures by adding layers. It arises great interest both in industrial and academic sectors to develop new advanced structured material. To benefit from its advantages, it…

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Damage mechanics Views: 616 Downloads: 419 Vol. 19, No. 73 (2025) June 11, 2025 pp. 236-255

Damage of additively manufactured polymer materials: experimental and probabilistic analysis

Taoufik Hachimi, Fouad Ait Hmazi, Fatima Majid

This paper presents a study on the tensile, fracture, damage, and reliability properties of 3D printed polylactic acid (PLA), based on a series of experiments. The study focuses on polylactic acid (PLA) samples produced using fused…

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SI: Research activities of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materi Views: 1,501 Downloads: 808 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) September 2, 2019 pp. 526-536

Use of by-products for partial replacement of 3D printed concrete constituents; rheology, strength and shrinkage performance

Michail Papachristoforou, Vasilios Mitsopoulos, Maria Stefanidou

In this paper, fly ash, ladle furnace slag and limestone filler were utilized in concrete used as material for additive manufacturing (3D printing). Fly ash and ladle furnace slag were used as a replacement of cement (30% wt.) and…

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SI: IGF27 - 27th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity Views: 1,036 Downloads: 651 Vol. 18, No. 68 (2024) February 24, 2024 pp. 280-295

Numerical Cohesive Zone Modeling (CZM) of Self-Anchoring AM Metal-CFRP joints

Fikret Enes Altunok, Giorgio De Pasquale

The escalating importance of lightweight design in engineering demands innovative strategies to tackle this challenge. Traditionally, the joining of these materials involves rivets, bolts, or adhesives. However, contemporary manufacturing…

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SI: Structural Integrity and fatigue mechanisms: applications and recent trends Views: 1,331 Downloads: 962 Vol. 17, No. 63 (2023) December 21, 2022 pp. 246-256

Analysis of the resistance to crack propagation in SENT test specimens printed in ABS using parallel or crossed filaments between layers

Oumaima Aourik, Abdelkerim Chouaf, Mourad Othmani

Additive manufacturing techniques continue to develop and cover all industrial fields. However, the performances of aspect and mechanical behavior of the parts obtained by this process remain to be mastered and are still the subject of…

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