Weld lines in extrusion: Understanding the role of the flow conditions

This work reports the implemen tation and verification of a new so lver in OpenFOAM® open source computational library, able to cope w ith integral viscoelastic models based on the integral upper-convected Maxwell model. The code is verified through the comparison of its predictions with anal ytical solutions and numerical results obtained with the differential upper-convected Maxwell model

Thermal conditions affecting heat transfer in FDM/FFE: a contribution towards the numerical modelling of the process

The performance of parts produced by Free Form Extrusion (FFE), an increasingly popular additive manufacturing technique, depends mainly on their dimensional accuracy, surface quality and mechanical performance. These attributes are strongly influenced by the evolution of the filament temperature and deformation during deposition and solidification. Consequently, the availability of adequate process modelling software would offer a powerful tool to support efficient process set-up and optimisation. This work examines the contribution to the overall heat transfer of various thermal phenomena developing during the manufacturing sequence, including convection and radiation with the environment, conduction with support and between adjacent filaments, radiation between adjacent filaments and convection with entrapped air. The magnitude of the mechanical deformation is also studied. Once this exercise is completed, it is possible to select the material properties, process variables and thermal phenomena that should be taken in for effective numerical modelling of FFE.

Sensores de fibra ótica baseados em novos materiais flexíveis

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e de Computadores

Otimização das características de um chassis tubular de automóvel de competição com tração a duas rodas motrizes

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia Mecânica

Numerical simulation of the reflow soldering process

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Mechanical Engineering

Efeito da adição de Zr no endurecimento de ligas Al-Sc

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia de Materiais

As relações públicas online como uma nova estratégia de valorização das marcas: o estudo de caso Ramirez

Dissertação de mestrado em Ciências da Comunicação (área de especialização em Publicidade e Relações Públicas)