The results could provide a guide to build specimen-specific cortical bone models.
A number of experiments were undertaken to address critical material and fabrication issues related to stereolithography built photoelastic specimens.
The embedded particles on the surface of as-build specimens have been shown to play an important role in fatigue and need to be optimized or taken into account in the fatigue strength design of SLM components.
A damage table was built for strengthened specimens using experimental observations.
There is a statistically significant difference in surface roughness values from specimens built with identical laser exposure parameters but located at different positions on the build platform.
Using this model, it is possible to design experimental setups and, qualitatively and quantitatively, predict the elastic behavior of specimens built by means of 3D printing technology.
In this study, the slabs fabricated with plain sheeting and shear studs attained in all cases a higher ultimate load when compared to the respective specimens built with ribbed decking only.
The Melbourne Museum was once the National Museum of Victoria initially a Victorian-era treasure trove of specimens built with London's Natural History Museum in mind.
Basically, the new procedure consists in applying the pulling force by means of reinforced bars already built in the specimen, either already by the specimen concrete casting or by subsequent boring and gluing, which are clamped in the machine during testing (Nieto et al. 2014).
The main goal of this paper is to present the methodology on how to obtain an optimal cruciform specimen geometry, with thickness reduction in the gauge area, appropriate for fatigue crack initiation, as a function of the base material sheet thickness used to build the specimen.
