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Two-stage method for identification of elastic moduli in FDM-printed polymers using guided wave dispersion
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1  Institute for Mathematics, Mechanics and Informatics, Kuban State University, Krasnodar 350040, Russia
Academic Editor: David Carfì

Abstract:

Additive manufacturing is increasingly adopted in engineering practice for producing geometrically complex structures with high precision. However, predicting the mechanical behavior of polymer-based components remains challenging due to insufficiently accurate data on their elastic moduli, particularly under dynamic loading. Classical experimental mechanics methods primarily based on quasi-static tests are often unsuitable for accurately characterizing dynamic elastic properties. This study proposes a two-stage algorithm to solve an inverse coefficient problem for determining the elastic moduli of specimens fabricated from polymeric materials via fused deposition modeling (FDM), leveraging experimental dispersion characteristics of guided elastic waves. Surface out-of-plane velocities, measured using laser Doppler vibrometry, are processed with the matrix pencil method to extract dispersion curves. In the first stage, a fast method based on the Fourier transform of the waveguide's Green's matrix provides an initial approximation of the elastic moduli. This estimate is refined in the second stage by minimizing the discrepancy between theoretical and experimental dispersion relations; the objective function selectively weights experimental points in proximity to the current theoretical prediction, which improves convergence robustness. When validated on synthetic data, the two-stage approach reduces parameter estimation error by approximately 50 % compared to single-stage optimization. Experimental validation on FDM-printed specimens shows strong correlation between the identified Young's modulus and reference values obtained from standard uniaxial tensile tests, confirming the method's applicability for non-destructive dynamic characterization of additively manufactured polymers. This research is carried out with the financial support of the Kuban Science Foundation, Ortho-Market LLC in the framework of the project Num. NTIP-25.1/8.

Keywords: inverse problem; numerical method; elastic waves; waveguide; elastic moduli; polymers

 
 
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