Viscoelastic Creep of 3D-Printed Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol SamplesShow others and affiliations
2025 (English)In: Polymers, E-ISSN 2073-4360, Vol. 17, no 15, article id 2075
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Abstract [en]
This article explores the viscoelastic properties of polyethylene terephthalate glycol samples created by fused filament fabrication, emphasising the anisotropy introduced during fabrication. The samples were fabricated with filament direction within samples aligned along the principal axis or perpendicular. A group of samples was loaded with constant stress for 5 h, and a recovery phase with no applied stress was observed. Another group of samples was loaded for 20 h without an additional deformation recovery phase. The continuous constant stress application results on the sample were analysed, and an overall effect of anisotropy on the samples was observed. Several models describing viscoelastic deformation were considered to adhere to experimental data, with the Prony series and general cubic theory models used in the final analysis. The models could describe experimental results up to 50% and 70% of sample strength, respectively. The analysis confirmed the nonlinear behaviour of printed samples under constant stress and the significant effect of anisotropy introduced by the 3D printing process on the material’s elastic properties. The viscoelastic properties in both directions were described using the same parameters.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
MDPI, 2025. Vol. 17, no 15, article id 2075
Keywords [en]
3D printing, PETG, mechanical testing, viscoelastic creep, fused filament fabrication
National Category
Geophysics Applied Mechanics Composite Science and Engineering
Research subject
Polymeric Composite Materials
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-114426DOI: 10.3390/polym17152075ISI: 001548688200001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105013096525OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-114426DiVA, id: diva2:1991736
Note
Validerad;2025;Nivå 2;2025-11-06 (u2);
Funder: Latvian Council of Science, project TiMe3D, No. lzp-2023/1-0075;
Fulltext license: CC BY
2025-08-252025-08-252025-11-06Bibliographically approved