In this paper, a drone propeller is used as an example to illustrate the print failure modeling strategy. The commercial finite element software package ABAQUS is used to simulate the FDM printing process and in-service performance of the propeller. In order to analyze the printing process, a heat transfer analysis is done first to predict the temperature history of the part, which drives the stress analysis for distortion and residual stress predictions. The tool path patterns dictate how material is added during the printing and it also have direct influence in the residual stresses in the part. Abaqus uses machine tool path as a direct input and solves the local orthotropic material properties and evolving cooling surfaces using the event series and progressive element activation technologies.
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