@article{10.1115/1.4062832,
    author = {Armanfar, Arash and Ustundag, Ersan and Gunpinar, Erkan},
    title = "{G-Puzzle: Infilling 3D Models With Reinforced G-Lattices}",
    journal = {Journal of Mechanical Design},
    volume = {145},
    number = {10},
    pages = {101702},
    year = {2023},
    month = {07},
    abstract = "{G-Lattices (proposed by Armanfar and Gunpinar) are a group of novel periodic and strut-based lattice structures for additive manufacturing. It has been demonstrated that these structures have superior mechanical properties under compression compared to conventional lattice structures. This paper introduces an extension of G-Lattices (i.e., reinforced G-Lattices) that also have better mechanical performance under inclined (compression) loading conditions. For different inclined loads, separate reinforced G-Lattices are first optimized, and a G-Lattice library is formed. For a part under loading, displacement vectors in each unit cell (cubic domains within the inner region of the part) are then extracted. Based on these vectors, (pre-optimized) reinforced G-Lattices are selected from the G-Lattice library and utilized (as infills) in the unit cells. This process is called G-Puzzling. As a proof of concept, parts under three different inclined loading conditions are infilled using reinforced G-Lattices and investigated based on stiffness-over-volume ratios. According to these experiments, the resulting parts, on average, exhibit more than 30\\% better mechanical performance compared to FBCCZ (a conventional lattice structure).}",
    issn = {1050-0472},
    doi = {10.1115/1.4062832},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4062832},
    eprint = {https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/mechanicaldesign/article-pdf/145/10/101702/7025088/md\_145\_10\_101702.pdf},
}