Journal article
Selective laser melting of fiber-reinforced glass composites
Manufacturing letters, Vol.14, pp.6-9
10/2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.mfglet.2017.09.001
Abstract
A selective laser melting (SLM) process is developed for manufacturing of a novel glass fiber-reinforced glass (GRFG) composite material. Experiments using a continuous wave fiber laser are conducted for demonstrating this SLM process using borosilicate S-glass fibers and fine soda lime glass powders, which have distinct glass transition temperatures. During laser scanning, fine glass powders turn into viscous flow. The molten glass flows through and encapsulates the relatively solid fibers, which are not fused due to their relatively higher glass transition temperature. Upon cooling, a compacted GRFG composite forms with a high volume ratio of intact and well-encapsulated glass fibers.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Selective laser melting of fiber-reinforced glass composites
- Creators
- Ninggang Shen - University of IowaAvik Samanta - University of IowaQinghua Wang - University of IowaHongtao Ding - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Manufacturing letters, Vol.14, pp.6-9
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.mfglet.2017.09.001
- ISSN
- 2213-8463
- eISSN
- 2213-8463
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000001, name: National Science Foundation, award: CMMI-1537512
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2017
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Technology Institute; Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984195063102771
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