Mechanical Properties of ZrO2 Honeycomb Sandwich Structures by 3D Printing

• Honeycomb sandwich structures were widely used in lightweight design. However, the difficulties with the fabrication process actually highly limit their practical usage, especially for ceramic materials. In this paper, 3 mol% yttria-stabilized ZrO2 (3Y-TZP) honeycomb sandwich structures with square and hexagonal cell were prepared successfully by using digital light processing (DLP) printing method. With a base material density of >6.02g/cm3, square/hexagonal honeycomb sandwich structures with structural density of 42.89%-66.24% were achieved by modifying unit cell wall thickness. It can be concluded that square honeycomb cell is preferred for getting higher bending strength at the same structural density. 

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Materialteknik -- Annan materialteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Materials Engineering -- Other Materials Engineering (hsv//eng)

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