This is a first of its kind book on the 3D printing and mechanical characterization of Poly Lactic Acid (PLA)-based Self-Reinforced Polymer Composites (SRPC). It is comprehensive and offers an insight into the effect of process parameters of a Fused Deposition Model machine on the physical and mechanical properties of a polymer composite. As a Materials Tetrahedron model the individual process parameters were studied in depth for their correlation with each measured property to understand the trends.This book is a product of a successful implementation by the authors to serve the materials and 3D manufacturing community and contribute an easy to read and practice guide on the subject. It has been slotted into the intermediate to beginner level of activities for students and hobbyists starting to use desktop machines for 3D printing.
Professor Padmanabhan Krishnan (M.Sc, PhD from IISc, Bangalore, and FIIPE, FIE, CE(I), SLFISME, FIA Struct E, FSIESRP, FASc (Chennai) MInSiS) possesses 35 years of experience in the field of Materials Engineering and Composites Technology. He has more than 280 publications and patents in international journals, international conference proceedings, project documents and reports, books and chapters. Gaurav Mathur has a M.Sc. from the University of Michigan, USA and Dearborn, B. Tech, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), India. Gaurav currently works in the automotive industry. He has published 3 conference papers during his bachelor's. Sai Mahidhar N Putchala is presently a student at IIM (Indian Institute of Management) Ahmedabad and has completed his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from VIT, Vellore, India (2021). He has work experience of 22 months as Project Engineer in Wipro, managing real-time data across five countries of an oil and gas company. Aman Chaure completed his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from VIT, Vellore, in 2021. During his bachelor's, he published three conference papers. He began his career as a Systems Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and later transitioned into freelance algo-trading software development.
