Performance of additively manufactured polylactic acid (PLA) in prolonged marine environments
Otavio Menezes, Tyler Roberts, Gracie Motta, Mary-Harmon Patrenos, Will McCurdy, Abdulrahman Alotaibi, Max Vanderpool, Majid Vaseghi, Ali Beheshti, Keivan Davami
Topics & Concepts
Polylactic acidSeawaterUltimate tensile strengthMaterials scienceArtificial seawaterComposite materialAccelerated agingSplit-Hopkinson pressure barDrop impactArrhenius equationPolymerChemistryOrganic chemistryStrain rateGeologyOceanographyWettingActivation energyAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesBone Tissue Engineering MaterialsMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution