...Uday Kumar Jonnala; Ravi Kumar Yennam; Ian Gibson Purpose This study aims to investigate the mechanical properties of graded triply periodic minimal surface Split-P lattices fabricated via laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) and examine how grading direction affects energy absorption. Design...

... stainless steel filament and their influence on the porosity and mechanical properties of the printed parts. It also investigates the feasibility of manufacturing complex geometries, including strut-and-node and triply periodic minimal surface lattices. Design/methodology/approach A three-step...

... properties of the TPU-WTR filament. Hysteresis analysis and Poisson’s ratio estimation are conducted to investigate the material’s behaviour. In addition, the compressive performance of diverse TPU-WTR triply periodic minimal surface lattices is explored to test the filament suitability for printing...

...Mingkang Zhang; Meizhen Xu; Jinwei Li; Wenqing Shi; Yangzhi Chen Purpose This study aims to explore the compressive behavior of hollow triply periodic minimal surface (HTPMS) cellular structures by selective laser melting (SLM). Design/methodology/approach This study presents a design method...

... by the triply periodic minimal surface function in MATLAB, and multi-materials porous structures were manufactured by SLM. Compression tests were applied to analyze the anisotropy of mechanical properties of multi-materials porous structures. Findings Compression results show that the multi-materials porous...

...Mingkang Zhang; Yongqiang Yang; Wentao Qin; Shibiao Wu; Jie Chen; Changhui Song Purpose This study aims to focus on the optimized design and mechanical properties of gradient triply periodic minimal surface cellular structures manufactured by selective laser melting. Design/methodology/approach...

... influence on the performance of porous structures. Design/methodology/approach The overall shapes of pores were modeled by triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS), and the micro-roughness details attached to the overall pore shapes were represented by Weierstrass–Mandelbrot (W-M) fractal representation...