Design and Additive Manufacturing

This EU is an introduction to new design methods associated with additive manufacturing techniques used to produce a part on a 3D printer (polymer), from its creation on a computer (CAD) in line with the capabilities of the process, to the optimization of its geometry (topological optimization), the preparation and launch of manufacturing, and the finishing stages after printing (post-processing).

• Know the different existing technologies/processes (polymer and metal), their characteristic dimensions, the available materials, and typical examples of application.
• Understand the constraints and limitations of these new processes and their impact on design. 
• Mastering the various stages of the digital chain (from the CAD model to the manufactured part), 
• Design and model a part in CAD software for additive manufacturing; optimize its geometry using topological optimization software according to manufacturing constraints. 
• Prepare and launch production on an FDM or SLS (polymer) machine, 
• Finish parts after production,
• Measure and compare the mechanical properties of a mechanical part before and after topological optimization.

• CAD,
• Standard manufacturing processes,
• Finite element methods and variational formulation
• Mechanics of continuous media,

Mechanical testing of materials