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Generative Design for Additively Manufactured Textiles in Orthopaedic Applications

Tommaso IngrassiaVito RicottaVincenzo NigrelliR. Ian Campbell

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0209 industrial biotechnologyEngineering drawingElbow orthosiComputer scienceProcess (engineering)Additive ManufacturingGenerative algorithmsCADAdditively manufactured textile02 engineering and technology01 natural sciences0104 chemical scienceslaw.invention010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistrySelective laser sintering020901 industrial engineering & automationlawParametric modellingCAD modellingElbow orthosisGenerative DesignSettore ING-IND/15 - Disegno E Metodi Dell'Ingegneria IndustrialeParametric cadFem simulations

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AbstractThe aim of this work is to implement a new process for the design and production of orthopaedic devices to realize entirely by Additive Manufacturing (AM). In particular, a generative algorithm for parametric modelling of flexible structures to use in orthopaedic devices has been developed. The developed modelling algorithm has been applied to a case study based on the design and production of a customized elbow orthosis made by Selective Laser Sintering. The results obtained have demonstrated that the developed algorithm overcomes many drawbacks typical of traditional CAD modelling approaches. FEM simulations have been also performed to validate the design of the orthosis. The new modelling algorithm allows designers to model flexible structures with no deformations or mismatches and to create parametric CAD models to use for the production of orthopaedic devices through AM technologies.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-01-01
10.1007/978-3-030-70566-4_39http://hdl.handle.net/10447/555510