Author(s): Mustafa I; Kwok TH;

One major concern regarding multi-material additive manufacturing (MMAM) is the strength at the interface between materials. Based on the observation of how nature puts materials together, this paper hypothesizes that overlapping and interlacing materials with each other enhance the interface bonding strength. To test this hypothesis, this research develo ...

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Author(s): Sultana A; Kwok TH; Hsu CC; Ng HD;

Energy can be represented in the form of deformation obtained by the applied force. Energy transfer is defined in physics as the energy is moved from one place to another. To make the energy transfer functional, energy should be moved into the right direction. If it is possible to make a better use of the energy in the right direction, the energy efficien ...

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Author(s): He X, Matte CD, Kwok TH

The paper presents a novel manufacturing approach to fabricate origami based on 3D printing utilizing digital light processing. Specifically, we propose to leave part of the model uncured during the printing step, and then cure it in the post-processing step to set the shape in a folded configuration. While the cured regions in the first step try to regai ...

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