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mechanical, and chemical properties within distinct regions properties by changing printing process thermal conditions and
within a build. For these materials, it is important to characterize by thermal treatment (annealing). The study revealed that
mechanical behavior under low, medium, and high velocity annealing affected the PLA crystalline phase, which in turn
impact loads. Mihael et al. [5] discussed the performance of improved the impact strength (i.e., absorbed more energy). It
composites under impact loading and the effect of loading was shown that an increase in bed temperature from 60 °C to
parameters on their performance. It was found that the mode of 105 °C resulted in an 80% (35 to 63 J/m) increase in the impact
failure and energy absorbed were affected by fiber orientation, strength. Furthermore, Mansour et al. investigated the effect of
impact velocity, impactor weight, and strain rate. Agarwal [6] aging on mechanical properties of Accura SI40 epoxy resin
also studied the effect of impact loading parameters on used in stereolithography (SLA) printing [11]. It was found that
composite performance. It was shown that breakage or failure after a 24-day cycle of aging, ultimate tensile strength, stiffness,
initiation and propagation during impact had direct dependence flexural modulus, and flexural strength increased. On the other
on loading conditions and material configuration and stiffness. hand, the impact resistance and elongation at break decreased
This is important as hybrid process parameters are expected to because the aging cycle caused the material to become more
change failure mode and energy absorption in a similar manner. brittle and stiffer.
As the technology of polymer manufacturing has evolved A process that is less explored is the use of surface
to produce more complex geometries faster and cheaper, it treatments on polymers, such as shot peening (SP), to improve
became a necessity to characterize the effect of these new the mechanical properties. Neither static nor dynamic
processes on the performance of produced components. One of mechanical properties of surface treated polymers were studied
the primarily technological advances in polymer manufacturing extensively until lately by Kanger et al. [12] and Madireddy et
was additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing. al. [13]. SP is a stochastic surface treatment technique that
AM has demonstrated the capability to produce intricate parts utilizes spherical beads (metal or ceramic) discharged at high
on a layer-by-layer basis faster and cheaper. One of the most pressure to cause dents and induce compressive stresses on
common AM processes compatible with a variety of different treated sample surface and subsurface. Further, FFF parts are
polymers is fused filament fabrication (FFF). FFF is used to created layer-by-layer whereby surface treatments can be
make thermoplastic parts through heated extrusion and applied at an optimal layer frequency throughout the part to
deposition of materials layer-by-layer [7]. In this 3D printing give tailored mechanical properties for a given application [14].
process, a material is heated and extruded through a nozzle and Coupling peening with FFF between layers is referred to as
deposited with a predetermined raster path onto a build plate to hybrid additive manufacturing (hybrid-AM). Hybrid-AM is
form layers of the desired geometry. Deposited material defined by as “the use of one or more secondary processes or
promptly solidifies and adheres with adjacent tracks of material energy sources that are fully coupled and synergistically
to form the required geometry. Although FFF has produced improve part quality, performance or functionality” [15].
complex, custom parts quickly and cheaply, the mechanical Hybrid-AM has been applied mostly on metals by coupling
properties of these parts are often inferior to those made with different processes or machines to improve parts properties.
traditional polymer manufacturing processes such as injection Whereas, to my knowledge, no one has explored hybrid-AM of
molding. polymers, especially dynamic impact properties.
Various methods to improve additively manufactured The current study investigates the influence of shot
polymers has been explored. The most widely investigated peening (SP) on the low velocity impact properties of ABS
approach is optimizing print process parameters, such as P430 parts processed by FFF. The low velocity impact tests
extruder and print bed temperatures, raster angle, and print included drop tower testing and Charpy impact testing. In drop
speed. Another approach is to use post-processing techniques tower testing, impact acceleration and transmitted force were
that utilize thermal, chemical, or physical mechanisms, such as measured and analyzed. In Charpy impact testing, impact
annealing, radiation, or adding organic molecules [8] in an strength and failure mechanics were investigated. The
attempt to improve mechanical properties. Sood et al. experiment examines the relationships between layer peening
investigated the influence of process parameters (i.e., layer frequency (surface peening and hybrid peening) and the impact
height, orientation, raster angle, air gap, and raster width) on properties. Hybrid peening refers to applying SP between
tensile, flexural, and impact strength of ABS P400 fabricated printed layers on a preferential layer frequency. The samples
using FFF [9]. Results showed that increasing part build investigated in this study include the following: control (sample
orientation 15° increased the impact strength due to the increase with no peening applied); S (only the bottom and the top surface
in heat conduction towards the bottom layers, which led to layers were peened); L3 (sample peened after printing every
better bonding between adjacent rasters. Further increase in part three layers); L4 (sample peened after printing every four
build orientation did not improve impact strength. Likewise, layers); and L5 (sample peened after printing every five layers).
Es-said et al. studied the effect of layer orientation on ABS
mechanical properties and found that the 0° orientation, where
layers were deposited along the length of the samples, displayed Nomenclature
superior strength and impact resistance over all the other Hybrid-AM Hybrid additive manufacturing
orientations [10]. FFF Fused filament fabrication
Temperature variation during FFF process also affects the ABS Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
properties and microstructure of produced parts. Benwood et al. SP Shot peening
[4] investigated the possibility of improving PLA mechanical
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40 mm
10 mm
Dimension Elite printer as shown in Fig. 1. Layer height and
infill density were kept fixed while layer peening frequency (a) (b)
was changed according to the design of experiment. Table 1
Z
shows printing parameters used for producing samples for drop 20 mm
tower impact and Charpy impact. Y
X
ABS-430 filament with a 1.75 mm diameter and red color
produced by Stratasys was extruded through a heated nozzle at Fig. 2. Sample schematic of (a) drop tower impact samples vertically built
a temperature of 220 ºC. This temperature is above the glass along the z-axis and (b) Charpy samples.
transition temperature of ABS-430 and allows for smooth
material flow through the nozzle for deposition. Mechanical Machined Machined
and material properties are listed in Table 2. The build plate from plate from plate
(no outer shells) (no outer shells)
was heated and maintained at a temperature of 70 ºC to assure Z Z
Y Y
the adhesion of deposited rasters within each layer.
Red: Build
(a) X (b) X
Extruder Material
Head White: Extruder As-printed
Build Soluble Head As-printed
outer shells
Plate Support outer shells
Build Z Z Y
Y
Plate
(c)
X (d) X
(c)
Build Plate
(70°C) Fig. 3. Build orientation and surface finish of Charpy impact samples:
(a) (b) (a) 0°/90° raster cut from a printed plate, (b) 45°/-45° raster cut from a printed
(b) plate, (c) flat printed strip with 45°/-45° raster, and (d) vertical (Z-axis)
printed strip with 45°/-45° raster.
Fig. 1. (a) Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) process schematic; (b)
Stratasys Dimension Elite printer; and (c) printing platform. Charpy samples of
0°/90° raster cut
Table 1. FFF Printing parameters. Y from a printed plate
Variable Level
Layer Height 0.010 in (0.254 mm) Z
Minimum Wall Thickness 0.036 in (0.914 mm)
Raster Angle (from loading) -45°/45°
Infill Density High
Nozzle Temperature 220 oC
Build Plate Temperature 70 oC
Charpy samples of
Table 2. Mechanical and material properties of ABS-430 filament. 45°/-45° raster cut X
Material ABS from a printed plate
Density 1040 kg/m3
Glass Transition Temperature 108 oC Fig. 4. Schematic of the flat printed plate showing Charpy samples cut
Tensile Strength 33 MPa direction and raster angle.
Tensile Modulus 2.2 GPa
Flexural Modulus 1.65 GPa
Sets of strips and plates were printed flat with zero angle
Two different geometries for impact testing (drop tower along X-axis as illustrated in Fig. 3. Strips were made with two
impact and Charpy impact) were designed and printed different sizes. The dimensions of the first set of samples were
according to ASTM D695 and ISO 179:1982 (Fig. 2). Samples based on ISO 179:1982 (Plastics – Determination of Charpy
were printed at a 0.25 mm layer height, high infill density, and Impact Strength of Rigid Plastics), which were 80 mm by
45°/-45° raster angle with a flat horizontal orientation. The 10 mm by 4 mm for a total of 16 layers. The other sample set
dimensions for the drop tower samples were 20 mm in diameter was made with 80 mm by 10 mm by 5 mm for a total of
by 40 mm high for a total of 156 layers printed vertically along 20 layers and then machined down to match the ISO 179:1982
Z-axis. Charpy impact samples were printed with two standard. This step enabled investigation on the effect of outer
shells versus a machined surface on impact strength.
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SP
100 mm were printed at two thicknesses of 4 mm and 5 mm. FFF
SP
Samples were then cut with two different orientations (0° from FFF
raster and 45° from raster) as shown in Fig. 4. The other sets of
Charpy samples were fabricated aligned along the width of the
sample with 80 mm by 4 mm at two different widths
(i.e., 10 mm and 11 mm) with a total of 40 and 44 layers,
respectively, Fig. 3(d). After printed samples were either
machined or cut, a 2 mm notch was made using CEAST 6816
Charpy notch cutter. Printing Shot Peening Printing Shot Peening
(FFF) (SP)
(b) Shot Peening (SP) Fig. 6. Schematic representation of hybrid-AM process coupling FFF and SP
on preferential layer sequence.
Samples were shot peened with steel beads ranging
between 0.4 mm to 0.6 mm in diameter. The nozzle diameter Drop tower impact specimens had three different layer
was 7.76 mm and had a standoff distance between 62.5 mm and peening frequencies; namely, as-printed control (C) with no
65 mm away from the sample’s surface. The peening time was peening applied, surface peened (S) of top and bottom faces,
2 minutes at 0.55 MPa (80 psi) air pressure. A pilot study was and hybrid L5 with peening every fifth layer as shown in
initiated to determine which protective layer could withstand Fig. 7(a). Charpy samples were made with three different layer
SP for two minutes, and it was found that painter’s tape worked peening frequencies, including: as-printed (C), L4, L3, and L2 as
best. A protective layer of plastic wrap was placed on the illustrated in Fig. 7(b).
surface of the sample with a layer of painter's tape over it. The
plastic wrap prevented the adhesive on the painter's tape from
contaminating the sample and the painter's tape prevented
surface damage for the required amount of peening time. The
tape protected the surface and prevented damage and layer (a)
delamination. The chosen material and thickness of the As-printed Surface Hybrid
protective layer is expected to impact the cumulative 3D (C) (S) (L5)
mechanical properties. The setup is shown in Fig. 5.
Protective
tape layer Hybrid (L4) Hybrid (L2)
(b)
Peening
cabinet Fig. 7. Layer peening frequency in hybrid-AM sample fabrication: (a) drop
tower impact samples and (b) Charpy impact samples. Note that blue color
indicates layer peening frequency and is not representative of the actual
Fig. 5. Shot peening and protective layer setups. printed colors.
Target Table 3. Average impact acceleration and force of hybrid shot peened ABS.
hd
Acceleration
As-printed
Acceleration (g)
hr
T Time
(a)
Surface peened
Time
(a) (b)
Fig. 10. Drop tower impact mechanism: (a) Schematic representation of the
pre- and post- impact heights and (b) a representative plot of acceleration (b)
versus time from drop impact testing.
Hybrid-L5
The experiment showed that when SP was incorporated
within printed layers, as the case with L5, the impact linear
acceleration decreased as shown in Fig. 11. This decrease in (c)
acceleration is an indication of a stiffness change. A stiffer part
results in a higher reaction force and hence a higher rebounding Fig. 12. Drop tower post-impact samples pictures: (a) as-printed control (C),
height or velocity that causes more variation in the vibration (b) surface peened (S), and (c) hybrid L5.
and linear acceleration of the impactor. The surface peened
samples (S) resulted in a relatively higher mean impact linear (b) Peak Impact Force
acceleration as compared to the as-printed and hybrid case. The
large variation in error bars for L5 may be attributed to off axis The experimentally measured impact forces for each
collision, heat cycle variation between printing and peening, treatment are provided in Fig. 13. Results showed a decrease in
and non-uniform peening. Any systematic error occurring in the transmitted force with peening between printed layers.
the process chain would be compounded across 31 cycles of Hybrid L5 with peening applied after printing every fifth layer
printing and peening. transmitted the minimum force to the load cell. The lower value
of transmitted force indicated the sample’s impact energy
440 absorption was higher. A target capable of absorbing more
Peak Acceleration (g)
29
Fig. 11. Impact peak acceleration of drop tower cylindrical samples.
Peak Force (kN)
peening frequency. Further, hybrid-AM parts exhibited a Build Orientation B: The magnitude of impact energy
higher impact strength regardless of the orientation and and strength of samples having 45°/-45° raster and cut from a
machining conditions of the samples. printed plate with flat orientation was twice that obtained from
a similar plate having 0°/90° raster pattern, Fig. 14. Despite,
Z Raster
Z Y
Raster the magnitude being doubled between build orientations, the
Y orientation orientation
trend between a control and hybrid sample showed no
significant difference as listed in Table 5; rather peening every
Impact Impact
two layers (L2) led to lower toughness and hence to a lower
X X
direction direction energy absorption. Therefore, it is worth noting that the
Orientation A Orientation B 45°/-45° raster performs better than 0°/90° raster under impact
Cut (0°/90°) Cut (45°/-45°) loading regardless of what peening frequency.
Impact
direction Table 5. Single factor ANOVA of the differences in impact strength of cut
Raster
Z samples with 45°/-45° (orientation B).
Z Y Raster Y orientation
orientation Source of
Variation SS df MS F P-value F crit
Treatment 0.6450 2 0.3225 0.5923 0.5684 3.8853
Impact Error 6.5339 12 0.5445
X X Total 7.1789 14
direction
Orientation C Orientation D
Flat strip (45°/-45°) Side strip (45°/-45°) Build Orientation C: Hybrid-AM persisted showing an
increase in the energy absorption under dynamic loading
35 Orientation
Cut ( 0o/90o) A (impact loading) for parts fabricated with different geometries
Orientation B and orientations. For instance, Fig. 14 displays the increase in
Impact Strength (kJ/m2)
30 Cut (45o/-45o)
Orientation
Flat C
strip (45o/-45o) the toughness expressed by impact strength of hybrid-AM strip
25 Orientation
Side D
strip (45o/-45o) printed with flat orientation and 45°/-45° raster. These set of
20 samples were not exposed to cutting forces as opposed to those
Failed during
prepation and test made from the 45°/-45° plate with orientation B shown in
15 Fig. 14. The hybrid L3 sample showed slightly higher impact
10 strength than the as-printed (no peening). The results showed
approximately 5% increase in the impact strength between the
5
hybrid-L3 sample and the as-printed samples, but no statistical
0 significant was observed with this orientation Table 6.
C
Control L4 L4 L3L3 L2
L2
Table 6. Single factor ANOVA of the differences in impact strength of
Fig. 14. Comparison of ABS impact strength across multiple peening 45°/-45° raster non-machined samples (orientation C).
frequency and part orientations. Note that the Z-axis is the build direction. Source of
Note: each condition was repeated five times. Variation SS df MS F P-value F crit
Treatment 4.0062 2 2.0031 2.8329 0.0982 3.8853
Build Orientation A: The degree of toughness or fracture Error 8.4851 12 0.7071
Total 12.4913 14
energy was also associated with the orientation at which parts
were printed. Fig. 14 shows how layer peening frequency
Build Orientation D: The effect of layer peening
increased the energy absorption by 15% for samples having
frequency on the edge (side) printed strips’ (45°/-45° raster and
0°/90° raster and cut from a plate printed with a flat orientation
orientation D in Fig. 14) impact strength showed the best
(i.e., build orientation B). Even though differences in impact
energy absorption capability. The layers in this orientation
strength might not be significant in some orientations, such
were perpendicular to the striker direction, which resulted in
as B, energy absorption increased with hybrid processing as
improved shock mitigation and propagation through layers to
observed with orientations C and D. Table 4 shows the
the end of notched region. Layer orientation alone with no
statistical analysis (single factor ANOVA) of impact strength
peening applied exhibited a slightly higher impact energy than
across multiple layer peening frequency. Samples with peening
all other as-printed tested specimens. Further increase in
applied less frequently, as labeled by L3, resulted in higher
fracture strength was attained with applying SP within printed
impact strength when compared to the as-printed (no peening)
layers, such that hybrid L3 samples had improved impact
and hybrid L2 (peening after every two printed layers).
strength by 72% as shown in Fig. 14. Results showed that less
However, differences in impact strength of this orientation was
frequent peening L4 attained higher impact energy and impact
not significant.
strength of 150% than as-printed (no peening) and 75% than
Table 4. Single factor ANOVA of the differences in impact strength of L 3.
orientation A with cut 0°/90° raster samples. The fracture pattern of this orientation at different layer
Source of peening frequencies was unlike any other tested orientation.
Variation SS df MS F P-value F crit Delamination of layers and resistance to fracture were the main
Treatment 0.6300 2 0.3150 1.7993 0.2108 3.9823
Error 1.9258 11 0.1751 characteristics of this build orientation. L3 and L4 either had
Total 2.5559 13 irregular crack propagation pattern or incomplete failure.
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Fig. 15 presents the fracture mode in strips printed horizontally Fig. 14. The cause for that observation was attributed to having
flat (orientation C) and side aligned (orientation D). Excessive multiple layers of low cross-sectional area leading to low
peening at high layer frequencies in Orientation D caused ABS temperature gradient across the bottom of the part. This low
embrittlement, and parts were vulnerable to quick failure temperature gradient decreased the number of heating/cooling
during preparation and testing. Therefore, L4 was made and cycles and hence lowered the effect of residual stresses caused
tested instead and produced an unexpected result pertaining to by thermal variation to build up inside the parts and weaken the
the “less is more” philosophy. L3 and L4 treatment of this bonds that links the fibers together. In addition, impact forces
orientation showed a statistically significant increase in the were propagating through layers that were build perpendicular
impact strength compared to the as-printed and among each to the striker direction causing more resistance for crack
other. The peening frequency improved impact energy when propagation. These reasons could have enhanced interlayer
layers were printed with orientation D. Single factor ANOVA bonding, reduced interlayer cracking, lowered distortion, and
revealed a significant increase with p-values lower than 0.05 reduced delamination. Moreover, too much peening caused a
and 0.01 as illustrated in Table 7. Table 8 is a pairwise brittle and weak structure resulting in decreased impact
comparison (Tukey test) to show statistical significance among strength as seen with more frequent peening in the hybrid L2
the mean of all treatments. samples (Fig. 14).
The consequence of machining on impact strength was
also taken into account. Fig. 16 displays the effect of machining
Table 7. Single factor ANOVA and Tukey test of the differences in impact
strength of 45°/-45° raster side strips (orientation D)
a small portion of printed samples (i.e., 1 to 2 mm) on the
impact performance. It was found that machining the flat
Source of
Variation SS df MS F P-value F crit (horizontal) oriented strip from 5 mm to 4 mm decreased the
Treatment 1074.795 2 537.3976 57.646 P<0.001 3.982 impact strength by 15%. While little to no effect was observed
Error 102.545 11 9.3223 on impact strength of side (edge) oriented strips when
Total 1177.340 13
machined from 12 mm to 10 mm.
These observations were due to the fact that machining
Table 8. Tukey test of the differences in impact strength of 45°/-45° raster caused or initiated cracks or weakened the interlayer bonding
side strips (orientation D) of the flat (horizontal) strip since layers were built normal to
Treatments Tukey HSD Tukey HSD Tukey HSD the machining direction. On the other hand, side (edge) printed
pair Q statistic p-value inferfence strips consisted of 48 layers as opposed to 20 layers which gave
C vs L4 14.8543 0.001005 p<0.01 it more resistance to residual stresses caused by machining that
C vs L3 4.2225 0.030601 p<0.05
L4 vs L3 10.8733 0.001005 p<0.01 might lead to shrinkage or distortion of printed layers.
Additionally, machining was done along the same direction the
layers were stacked which meant layers were less prone to
delamination.
As-printed As-printed
L2 8
(kJ/m2)
L3
4
(b)
L3 0
As-printed Machined
(a)
Fig. 16. Effect of machining on ABS impact strength.
Fig. 15. Impact fracture modes: (a) horizontal flat printed strip with 45°/-45°
raster of samples printed as a strip and (b) side aligned printed strip with
45°/-45° raster samples.
4. Summary and Conclusions
The long and few layers (flat printed strip) led to
This study examined the influence of interlayer shot
increased heat conduction towards the bottom layers and
peening on the low velocity dynamic (i.e., drop tower impact
caused the temperature to rise at the bonding interface. Thus,
and Charpy impact) mechanical properties of ABS-430 parts
good diffusion occurred among adjacent rasters as well as
produced on a Stratasys Elite FFF machine. The study explored
reduced interior stress among the adjacent beads because of
the effect of hybrid-AM on mechanical properties from several
fewer voids and lower porosity. SP likely contributed to a more
layer peening frequencies and build orientations. Hybrid
closed bead formation that resulted in high values of impact
conditions under investigation included SP every fifth (L5),
strength. On the other hand, the side printed (upright) part
fourth (L4), third (L3), and second (L2) layer and comparing to
orientation coupled with the lower heat transfer rate
a control sample with no peening and another control sample
contributed to improving the impact strength as shown in
with only external surface peening (S).
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cases, the extent of improvement was determined by the layer
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Undergraduate Research in France Program supported by the