What is it about?
Fused deposition modeling (FDM) is a filament-based rapid prototyping technology that allows new composite materials to be introduced into the FDM process as long as they can be manufactured in feedstock filament form. The purpose of this research was to analyze the rheological behavior of oil palm fiber-reinforced acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) composites when used as a feedstock material, as well as to determine the best processing conditions for FDM. The composite’s shear thinning behavior was observed, and scanning electron microscopy was used to reveal its composition. The non-Newtonian index (n) of the composites increased as the number of shear rates increased, indicating that the fiber loading had a significant impact on the rheological behavior. As the fiber loading increased, the viscosity and shear stress values increased as well. As a result, oil fiber-reinforced polymer composites can be used as a feedstock filament for FDM.
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Why is it important?
To know the flow behavior of composite material either pseudoplastic or not.
Perspectives
Such an important study to characterize the flow behavior.
IR. DR. MOHD NAZRI AHMAD
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
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This page is a summary of: Rheological and Morphological Properties of Oil Palm Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites for Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), Polymers, October 2021, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/polym13213739.
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