BIONIC INSPIRED INFILL STRUCTURES FOR A LIGHT-WEIGHT DESIGN BY USING SLM
DS 84: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2016 14th International Design Conference
Year: 2016
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad, Skec Stanko
Author: Lippert, R. B.; Lachmayer, R.
Series: DESIGN
Section: DESIGN METHODS
Page(s): 331-340
Abstract
Additive Manufacturing enables new potentials for a component design. Due to the high design freedom, the implementation of bionic inspired infill structures can be used to manufacture lightweight components. By defining a design catalog, bionic structure for a suitable production in Additive Manufacturing are analyzed. By using FEM, the impact of isolated load cases of the bionic structures are examined. By comparing the simulation results, suitable structures for the different load cases can be identified. Based on a demonstrator, the adaptation of the bionic structures is described.
Keywords: additive manufacturing, design methodology, lightweight design, bionic design