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FlexCube: 3D Printing Tunable Meta-structures with Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces

Published: 08 May 2021 Publication History

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The development of additive manufacturing (AM) makes it possible to manufacture models with infill microstructures. Studies regarding microstructures that can alternating material properties have emerged. However, existing microstructure designs have many limitations for makers. Drawing inspiration from minimal surface structure, we demo a quickly designed and low-cost method to design and manufacture elastic structures with the flexibility of controlling mechanical properties in multiple directions. We also demo an interface to facilitate users to create FlexCube models. Based on previous researches and alternative perspectives, we explore a quickly designed and low-cost method to fabricate patterns with elastic properties, mainly based on the minimal surface structure.

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  2. Deformable Objects
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