Frequency-dependent fatigue properties of additively manufactured PLA

Česnik, Martin (author), Slavič, Janko (author)

Vibration-fatigue failure occurs when a structure is dynamically excited within its natural frequency range. Unlike metals, which have constant fatigue parameters, polymers can exhibit frequency-dependent fatigue parameters, significantly affecting the vibration resilience of 3D-printed polymer structures. This manuscript presents a study utilizing a novel vibration-fatigue testing methodology to characterize the frequency dependence of polymer material fatigue parameters under constant temperature conditions. In this investigation, 3D-printed PLA samples with frequency-tunable geometry were experimentally tested on an electro-dynamical shaker with a random vibration profile. Using the validated numerical models, the estimation of vibration-fatigue life was obtained and compared to the experimental results. Performing the numerical minimization of estimated and actual fatigue lives, the frequency-dependent fatigue parameters were assessed. In particular, the results indicate that the tested samples exhibit varying fatigue parameters within the loading frequency range of 250–750 Hz. Specifically, as the loading frequency increases, the fatigue exponent increases and fatigue strength decreases. These findings confirm the frequency dependence of fatigue parameters for 3D-printed polymer structures, underscoring the necessity of experimental characterization to reliably estimate the vibration-fatigue life of 3D-printed polymer structures. The utilization of the introduced approach therefore enhances the vibration resilience of the 3D-printed polymer mechanical component.

• Language: English
• Keywords: fatigue properties, frequency dependence, vibration-fatigue test, high-frequency dynamic responses
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: 13 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 16, iss. 15, art. 2147
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-159913
• UDC: 620.178.3
• ISSN on article: 2073-4360
• DOI: 10.3390/polym16152147
• COBISS.SI-ID: 203108099
• Publication date in RUL: 30.07.2024

ČESNIK, Martin and SLAVIČ, Janko, 2024, Frequency-dependent fatigue properties of additively manufactured PLA. Polymers [online]. 2024. Vol. 16, no. 15,  2147. [Accessed 17 May 2025]. DOI 10.3390/polym16152147. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=159913

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Polymers
• Shortened title: Polymers
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 2073-4360
• COBISS.SI-ID: 517951257

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: lastnosti utrujenosti, frekvenčna odvisnost, preskus vibracij, preskus utrujenosti, visokofrekvenčni dinamični odzivi

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P2-0263
• Name: Mehanika v tehniki