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Article
Self-supporting structure design for additive manufacturing by using a logistic aggregate function
Self-supporting designs that eliminate the need for structural supports can reduce manufacturing complexity caused by overhanging parts in additive manufacturing (AM). Traditionally, 45° is the minimum overhan...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Optimal External Support Structure Design in Additive Manufacturing
A series of strategies for designing support structure to fabricate overhanging features in additive manufacturing (AM) is proposed. The focus of this study is to maximize the external support stiffness while ...
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Article
Support structure design in additive manufacturing based on topology optimization
A support structure design technique for additive manufacturing (AM) is proposed that minimizes the deformation while using the least amount of support material, minimizes the time required to add the supports...