Simulated Filament Shapes In Embedded 3D Printing

In embedded 3D printing, a nozzle is embedded into a support bath and extrudes filaments or droplets into the bath. Using OpenFOAM, we simulated the extrusion of filaments and droplets into a moving bath. This dataset focuses on the effect of Newtonian viscosity and Herschel-Bulkley plateau (pre-yielded) viscosity on the extrusion of single lines. OpenFOAM is an open source computational fluid dynamics solver. This work used a combination of OpenFOAM v1912 and OpenFOAM 8 on desktop computers. OpenFOAM input files were generated using Python 3.7. Output files were analyzed using Paraview 5.8.0 and Python 3.7. Associated code can be found on Github: https://github.com/usnistgov/openfoamEmbedded3DP, doi:10.18434/mds2-2392 This data is described in: Friedrich, L., & Seppala, J.E. (2021) Simulated filament shapes in embedded 3D printing, submitted for publication See the file, mds2-2391-filelisting.csv, for a complete listing of the data files that available as part of this collection with URLs for downloading them.
Organization: Department of Commerce
Last updated: 2025-09-30T04:51:35.838639
Tags: 3d-printing, extrusion, herschel-bulkley, openfoam, rheology, support-bath, surface-tension