The first part of this experiment involved varying the rater angle when fabricating

the test specimens The 4 test specimens were printed with a rater angle of 0, 15,
30 and 45. Subsequently, the parts were subject to a tensile test.
Youngs Modulus (MPa)
Literature
0 Degrees
15 Degrees
30 Degrees
45 Degrees

3500*
0.2455
0.2209
0.2165
0.1857

Ultimate tensile Strength

(MPa)
14.16182
15.23493
12.80808
13.8573

Our calculated Youngs Modulus was found to be on the order of 0.2 MPa with a max
of 0.24 MPa and a min of 0.18. This is smaller than 4 orders of magnitude less than
the value of PLA found in literature which is 3,500 MPa. The manufacturing process
clearly has a significant impact on the strength of the final parts produced.

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7
6
5

Stress (MPa)

Raster 45 deg
Raster 30 deg

Raster 15 deg

Raster 0 deg

1
0
0

0.01

0.02

0.03

0.04

0.05

0.06

0.07

Strain (mm/mm)

Figure 1 Stress vs. Strain for Varied Raster Angle

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