3D Printing of Damage‐tolerant Martian Regolith Simulant‐based Geopolymer Composites
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Article Title | 3D Printing of Damage‐tolerant Martian Regolith Simulant‐based Geopolymer Composites |
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ERA Journal ID | 210040 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Ma, Siqi, Fu, Shuai, Wang, Qikun, Xu, Lei, He, Peigang, Sun, Chengyue, Duan, Xiaoming, Zhang, Zuhua, Jia, Dechang and Zhou, Yu |
Journal Title | Additive Manufacturing |
Journal Citation | 58, pp. 1-14 |
Article Number | 103025 |
Number of Pages | 14 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | Netherlands |
ISSN | 2214-7810 |
2214-8604 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2022.103025 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214860422004171 |
Abstract | Geopolymers (GPs) have emerged as promising building blocks for Martian construction, yet their inherent brittleness and relatively high density hinder practical application and technological implementation. Implanting biomimetic inspiration from long-term evolution into GPs provides an alternative approach to endow the skeleton with fascinating properties such as lightweight, high strength and high toughness. Here, we first develop a basalt fiber-reinforced Martian regolith simulant-based GP ink for direct ink writing that exhibits excellent rheological properties and rapid solid-to-liquid transition, enabling large-scale production of GP composites with customizable biomimetic patterns and controllable fiber alignment. Among these biomimetic structures, the helical pattern shows the highest compressive strength of ~32.2 MPa, enabling the construction of robust engineering components that can withstand high loads. Meanwhile, the 3D-printed suture pattern shows a relatively low compressive strength of ~9.3 MPa, yet excellent fracture ductility with an ultimate strain of ~14% due to the layer-by-layer stress relaxation mode, promising for deformation-resistant materials. |
Keywords | Biomimetic patterns; Direct ink writing; Geopolymer composites; Martian regolith simulant; Toughness |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 4016. Materials engineering |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Funder | National Natural Science Foundation of China |
Byline Affiliations | Harbin Institute of Technology, China |
Max Planck Society, Germany | |
Hunan University, China | |
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