PLA Damage Properties in FDM Printing: A Hybrid Experimental and Machine Learning Study
摘要
This paper investigates the damage properties of polylactic acid (PLA) polymers elaborated through fused deposition modeling (FDM) technology. Experimental tensile tests are conducted to investigate the influence of various FDM parameters on the mechanical performance of 3D-printed samples. Specifically, we focus on failure strain (εr) and the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) as key metrics. Our study involves the systematic variation of FDM parameters to assess their impact on quasi-static damage characterization. Additionally, leveraging insights from existing literature, we employ machine learning (ML) regression models to predict mechanical properties, particularly failure strain and the ultimate tensile strength. The findings offer valuable insights for optimizing FDM parameters to enhance the mechanical performance of PLA polymers in additive manufacturing applications. The random forest regression (RFR) and the XGBoost regression (XGB) models yield a lower value of root mean squared Error (RMSE), expressed as a percentage, compared to the linear regression (LR) model. That indicates that the RFR and XGB models are better at accurately predicting the ultimate tensile strength and failure strain of FDM-printed PLA parts.