Table 1.
Samples′ features in FEA according to PLA material properties.
Pattern | Solid | Honeycomb | Wiggle | Grid | Rectilinear |
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Material | PLA | PLA | PLA | PLA | PLA |
Mesh size | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Force (N) | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 |
No. of nodes | 12,929 | 25,448 | 13,744 | 47,142 | 18,024 |
No. of elements | 7133 | 11,932 | 5050 | 22,469 | 6932 |
Mass (g) | 4.46 | 1.39 | 1.09 | 1.68 | 1.49 |
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