Determining the Effect on Yield Strength of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene through the inclusion of Chopped Carbon Fibre
Owen Cannings · The UNSW Canberra at ADFA Journal of Undergraduate Engineering Research · 2018
Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology offers significant opportunities to industry, having the capability to rapidly manufacture components of complex geometries. Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) is a common thermopolymer used in the AM process of Fusion Deposition Modelling. There is a significant interest in increasing the strength of AM parts. One way of doing this is to modify the material composition of the plastics currently used in manufacture. Using chopped Carbon Fibre (CF) within the matrix of ABS is one way which is being investigated to improve the mechanical properties of ABS components. This project identifies that the inclusion of chopped CF particles within ABS reduces the yield stress of the material. However, additional testing needs to be conducted to ensure that all test data can be validated and verified against existing results.