Archive | 2019
Co-continuous Composite Material Design Using the Volumetric Distance Field Based on Analytic Shape Functions
Abstract
An effective and simple design method for co-continuous composite material construction is proposed by using a hybrid methodology with triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) cellular topology and the volumetric distance field (VDF). After generating a set of VDF-based features for the given exterior shape and desired internal core structure, a series of simple modifications in distance fields enabled us to obtain an arbitrarily-shaped complex co-continuous composite material computational model. Design results and manufactured prototypes through 3D printing technology show that the proposed methodology has the potential to open a new paradigm for producing multifunctional next generation co-continuous composite materials which are impossible to design and manufacture using traditional CAD and CAM.