An investigation on structure stiffness of 3D printed frames using continuous carbon fibers

In this paper, the effect of continuous carbon fibers (CCF) on the stiffness of 3D printed frames is investigated. Fused deposition modelling (FDM) technology is employed to build three typical frames with 15% of CCF and 85% poliamide 12 which is combined 10% short carbon fibers (PA12-CF) for compress testing.