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OpenFOAM simulations of filament fusion in embedded 3D printing

Leanne Friedrich Author's orcid, Ross Gunther Author's orcid
Contact: Jonathan Seppala.
Identifier: doi:10.18434/mds2-3129
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In embedded 3D printing, a nozzle is embedded into a support bath and extrudes filaments or droplets into the bath. However, moving the nozzle near an existing structure and writing new filaments can cause deformation and lack-of-fusion defects. Using OpenFOAM, we simulated what happens when a nozzle moves near an existing filament, and when a nozzle writes a second filament next to an existing filament. OpenFOAM is an open source computational fluid dynamics solver. This work used OpenFOAM 8 on a computing cluster. OpenFOAM input files were generated using Python 3.7. Output files were analyzed using Paraview 5.8.0 and Python 3.7. Associated code can be found on Github: https://github.com/usnistgov/openfoamEmbedded3DP, doi:10.18434/mds2-3128 This data is described in: Friedrich, L.M., & Gunther, R.T. (2023) Simulated inter-filament fusion in embedded 3D printing, submitted for publication.
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NIST R&D: Mathematics and Statistics: Numerical methods and softwareMathematics and Statistics: Modeling and simulation researchMaterials: PolymersMaterials: Modeling and computational material scienceManufacturing: Process measurement and controlShow more...
Keywords: 3D-printingextrusionsupport-bathHerschel-BulkleyrheologyShow more...
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Leanne Friedrich, Ross Gunther (2023), OpenFOAM simulations of filament fusion in embedded 3D printing, National Institute of Standards and Technology, https://doi.org/10.18434/mds2-3129 (Accessed 2025-04-19)
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