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EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE TENSILE AND FLEXURAL PROPERTIES OF FDM 3D-PRINTED PLA AND CARBON FIBER-REINFORCED PLA COMPOSITES
Tushar Rahangdale Rahul Thombare Vicky Baelmare Aditya Kapse Vishal Rokade
Prof Ritesh Banpurkar
Tulsiramji Gaikwad-Patil College of Engg. & Tech.
Nagpur, India
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± 0.88 Mpa of flexural strength with 76.71 ± 1.53 N. The paper examines the impact of melt viscosity, cooling induced thermal gradients, fiber-orientation, and weld line consolidation.were fabricated using fused deposition modeling and tested under tensile and three-point bending conditions. The ultimate tensile strength, peak load, flexural strength, and modulus of elasticity were extracted from tensile and flexural tests, respectively. The present work is analyzed using CAD, Finite Element Analysis simulations, and comparative analysis of the obtained properties.
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Rahangdale, T., Thombare, R., Baelmare, V., Kapse, A. & Rokade, V. (2026). Experimental Investigation and Comparative Analysis of the Tensile and Flexural Properties of FDM 3D-Printed PLA and Carbon Fiber-Reinforced PLA Composites. International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management, <i>02</i>(10), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.55041/ijcope.v2i10.020
Rahangdale, Tushar, et al.. "Experimental Investigation and Comparative Analysis of the Tensile and Flexural Properties of FDM 3D-Printed PLA and Carbon Fiber-Reinforced PLA Composites." International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management, vol. 02, no. 10, 2026, pp. 1-9. doi:https://doi.org/10.55041/ijcope.v2i10.020.
Rahangdale, Tushar,Rahul Thombare,Vicky Baelmare,Aditya Kapse, and Vishal Rokade. "Experimental Investigation and Comparative Analysis of the Tensile and Flexural Properties of FDM 3D-Printed PLA and Carbon Fiber-Reinforced PLA Composites." International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management 02, no. 10 (2026): 1-9. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.55041/ijcope.v2i10.020.
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