Stress analasys on 3D printed parts??

[m.van.hameren]

Hi all,

So I desinged this workpiece in Fusion, it's an assembly of several parts and glued together.

For manifacturing I'm going to 3D print it in tough PLA, but in Fusion it is solid material.

So how am I going to do some stress analasys?

It's a medical tool so because of European regulation I need some data on that.

Anyone got an idea or have dealt with someting like this??

Thanks in Advance, Mark.

[henderh]

Hi Mark,
According to https://ultimaker.com/materials/s-series-tough-pla/ the tensile strength is 45 MPa in the XY direction, and 33 MPa in the Z-direction.
Only orthotropic materials are supported in Simulation. To be conservative, you could use 33 MPa as both the yield strength, and tensile strength values in a custom material definition.

Hope this helps,

ps: A different source gives 56.02 MPa as both the yield strength and tensile strength: (https://colorfabb.com/media/datasheets/tds/colorfabb/TDS_E_ColorFabb_Tough_PLA.pdf)