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LE QUAESTIONES GRAECAE DI PLUTARCO: UN COMMENTO STORICO, STORIOGRAFICO E ANTROPOLOGICO
A QUASI UN SECOLO DAL COMMENTO DI HALLIDAY (1928), IL LAVORO PROCEDE ALLA STESURA DI UN NUOVO E SERRATO COMMENTO AL TESTO DELLE QUAESTIONES GRAECAE DI PLUTARCO. ESSO SI STRUTTURA SU TRE LIVELLI - UNO STORICO, UNO STORIOGRAFICO, UNO ANTROPOLOGICO - CHE, SEPPUR DISTINTI, VENGONO POSTI IN CONTINUO E MUTUO DIALOGO. LA FINALITÀ CONSISTE, DA UN LATO, NELL'INDAGARE IL MODUS OPERANDI DEL DOTTO DI CHERONEA, IN PARTICOLARE IN RIFERIMENTO ALLE OPERE APPARTENENTI AL GENERE DELLE QUAESTIONES, D'ALTRA PARTE NELL'INSERIRE I CONTENUTI ANTIQUARI E ISTITUZIONALI DELL'OPUSCOLO, DOPO AVERNE CHIARITO L'ESSENZA, NEL CONTESTO STORICO COMPRESO TRA LA FINE DEL I SEC. D.C E L'INIZIO DEL II, COSÌ DA DISVELARNE IL VALORE POLITICO. SI AVRÀ COSÌ OCCASIONE DI TORNARE ANCHE SUL PROBLEMA DELL'UTILIZZO DELLE POLITEIAI DELLA SCUOLA ARISTOTELICA DA PARTE DI PLUTARCO
La rarità della tutela reintegratoria e la necessaria cooperazione datoriale, nelle piccole imprese
RATE OF RADIATIVE AND NON-RADIATIVE PROCESSES IN ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICES: A THEORETICAL STUDY
ORGANIC MATERIALS FOR OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF CURRENT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, OFFERING PROMISING ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS. BECAUSE OF THEIR ECO-FRIENDLINESS, EASE OF FABRICATION, AND BROAD CHEMICAL TUNABILITY MAKE THEM ATTRACTIVE CANDIDATES; HOWEVER, CHALLENGES SUCH AS LIMITED STABILITY, LOW EFFICIENCIES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY CONTINUE TO LIMIT THEIR PERFORMANCE. ADDRESSING THESE CHALLENGES REQUIRES A DETAILED UNDERSTANDING OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES, AND DEVICE PERFORMANCE.
THEORETICAL APPROACHES PROVIDE A POWERFUL ROUTE TO THIS UNDERSTANDING BY ENABLING THE RATIONAL DESIGN OF MOLECULES AND POLYMERS PRIOR TO SYNTHESIS. IN THIS THESIS, A NOVEL AND ACCURATE THEORETICAL APPROACH FOR TREATING INTERNAL CONVERSION IS INTRODUCED, COMBINING COMPUTATIONAL TRACTABILITY WITH PHYSICAL RIGOR. THIS MODEL ALLOWS QUANTITATIVE PREDICTIONS OF THE RATE CONSTANTS OF ELEMENTARY RADIATIVE AND NON-RADIATIVE ELECTRONIC TRANSITIONS WHICH TAKE PLACE IN MODERN OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES, ALLOWING FOR ANALYSING COMPETITIVE DE-EXCITATION PATHWAYS, WHICH COULD AFFECT DEVICE EFFICIENCIES.
THE PREDICTIVE CAPABILITY OF THIS APPROACH FACILITATES THE DESIGN OF MATERIALS WITH TAILORED PHOTOPHYSICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES. THIS IS PARTICULARLY RELEVANT FOR NEXT-GENERATION OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES, INCLUDING OLEDS WITH IMPROVED QUANTUM YIELDS, ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS WITH MINIMIZED RECOMBINATION LOSSES, AND FLEXIBLE OR LARGE-AREA MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS. BY LINKING THEORETICAL INSIGHTS DIRECTLY TO MATERIAL OPTIMIZATION, THIS WORK PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR THE ACCELERATED DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIC MATERIALS THAT COMBINE EFFICIENCY, STABILITY, AND TUNABILITY IN ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES
HETEROGENEOUS TRANSITION METAL CATALYSTS FOR SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY: FROM METAL NANOPARTICLES TO SINGLE ATOM
HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN MODERN CHEMISTRY, FROM THE ACADEMIC RESEARCH TO THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION. THE CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE OF SUPPORTED METAL CATALYSTS STRONGLY DEPENDS ON STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC FACTORS SUCH AS METAL DISPERSION, PARTICLE SIZE, OXIDATION STATE, AND THE NATURE OF THE SUPPORT. UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROLLING THESE PARAMETERS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE FINE TUNING OF THE ACTIVITY AND SELECTIVITY OF THE CATALYTIC PROCESSES.
THIS PHD THESIS FOCUSES ON THE DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF HETEROGENEOUS TRANSITION METAL CATALYSTS FOR SUSTAINABLE CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS, SUCH AS THE INTRAMOLECULAR HYDROAMINATION OF ALKYNYLANILINES, THE SELECTIVE OXIDATION AND OXIDATIVE ESTERIFICATION OF BIOBASED ALCOHOLS, AND THE DECOMPOSITION OF FORMIC ACID FOR HYDROGEN GENERATION.
PARTICULAR ATTENTION HAS BEEN DEVOTED TO ELUCIDATING HOW VARIATIONS OF THE METAL, PARTICLE SIZE, AND NATURE OF THE SUPPORT CAN MODULATE THE CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE. THIS ANALYSIS OFFERS VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO THE STRUCTURE–ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP AND PROVIDES FOUNDATION FOR THE RATIONAL OPTIMIZATION OF THE CATALYST ENGINEERING.
HYDROAMINATION IS AN ATOM-ECONOMICAL STRATEGY FOR CONSTRUCTING N-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS. ITS INTRAMOLECULAR VARIANT PROVIDES ACCESS TO N-HETEROCYCLIC SCAFFOLDS, CORE MOTIFS IN NUMEROUS BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE MOLECULES, INCLUDING NATURAL ALKALOIDS AND PHARMACEUTICALS.
IN THIS THESIS, THE INTRAMOLECULAR HYDROAMINATION OF 2-(2-PHENYL)PROPYNYLANILINE WAS INVESTIGATED USING THE COMMERCIAL AU/TIO2 CATALYST, REVEALING KEY MECHANISTIC INSIGHTS IN WHICH BOTH THE GOLD NANOPARTICLES AND THE OXIDE SUPPORT WERE FOUND TO ACT COOPERATIVELY IN THE CATALYTIC PROCESS, ENABLING EFFICIENT C–N BOND FORMATION EVEN AT LOW TEMPERATURE.
OXIDATION REACTIONS ARE A CORNERSTONE OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY. HOWEVER, THE SELECTIVE OXIDATION OF ALCOHOLS REMAINS A MAJOR CHALLENGE SINCE CONVENTIONAL PROCESSES TYPICALLY RELY ON STRONG OXIDANTS AND HARSH REACTION CONDITIONS. IN THIS WORK, THE OXIDATION OF ALCOHOLS AND BIO-DERIVED 5-HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL (HMF) WAS CARRIED OUT UNDER MILD CONDITIONS USING MOLECULAR OXYGEN AS OXIDANT AND GOLD NANOPARTICLES (AUNPS) EMBEDDED IN A POROUS POLYPHENYLENE OXIDE (PPO) MATRIX. THIS STUDY DEMONSTRATES HOW TAILORED SUPPORTS CAN MODULATE THE CATALYTIC MICROENVIRONMENT AND ADDRESS PRODUCT SELECTIVITY.
FORMIC ACID (FA) DECOMPOSITION (FAD), A REACTION OF GROWING RELEVANCE FOR HYDROGEN STORAGE AND GENERATION, WAS EXPLORED USING THE AUNPS/PPO CATALYST THAT EXHIBITED REMARKABLE ACTIVITY THEREBY DEMONSTRATING VERSATILITY ACROSS BOTH FINE CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS AND ENERGY-RELATED APPLICATIONS.
FINALLY, A NOVEL SINGLE-ATOM NICKEL CATALYST (NI-SAC) SUPPORTED ON A CARBON DOPED MATRIX WAS DEVELOPED AND TESTED IN FAD. NICKEL IS AN EARTH-ABUNDANT ALTERNATIVE TO NOBLE METALS AND HAS RECENTLY EMERGED AS A PROMISING CANDIDATE IN THIS FIELD. HOWEVER, MOST OF THE NISACS SO FAR REPORTED EXHIBITED ONLY LIMITED PERFORMANCE UNDER MILD CONDITIONS AND HIGH FA CONCENTRATION. THE NI-SAC DESCRIBED IN THIS WORK RESULTED STABLE OVER LONG REACTION TIME LEADING TO EXCELLENT RESULTS; MOREOVER, A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ACTIVITY OF NINPS AND NISAC WAS ALSO POSSIBLE
SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY OF BIOACTIVE AND FUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS FROM NATURAL SOURCES
THE GROWING DEMAND FOR SUSTAINABLE FUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS, BIOACTIVE MOLECULES OBTAINED FROM RENEWABLE PLANT SOURCES, HAS DRIVEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECO-FRIENDLY EXTRACTION TECHNOLOGIES. IN THIS FRAMEWORK, THE EXPLORATION OF WILD PLANTS AND UNCONVENTIONAL PARTS OF COMMON CROPS AS VALUABLE SOURCES OF FUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED BY EU DIRECTIVES, THE UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS) AND THE GLOBAL TRANSITION TOWARD A CIRCULAR ECONOMY.
DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PHD PROJECT, A SOFTWARE-ASSISTED UNTARGETED UHPLC-HRMS/MS WORKFLOW WAS DEVELOPED AND COMBINED WITH IN VITRO SCREENING ASSAYS TO ASSESS THE ANTIOXIDANT AND ENZYME INHIBITORY POTENTIAL OF VARIOUS PLANT MATRICES. FOLLOWING A FUNNEL-SHAPED STRATEGY, DATA WERE INTEGRATED WITH LITERATURE FINDINGS, AGRI-FOOD VALUE CHAIN RELEVANCE, AND SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA, ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION AND RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION, TO IDENTIFY THE MOST PROMISING NATURAL SOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE EXTRACTION. THIS ANALYSIS LED TO THE SELECTION OF CERATONIA SILIQUA L. (CSL) AND GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA L. (GGL) LEAVES, UNDERUTILIZED BIOMASSES OF TRADITIONAL ITALIAN CROPS, AS VALUABLE RESOURCES FOR THE RECOVERY OF HEALTH-PROMOTING COMPOUNDS. FOR THEIR RICH METABOLIC PROFILES AND STRONG IN VITRO ACTIVITIES, BOTH MATRICES PROVED TO BE PROMISING CANDIDATES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL FUNCTIONAL FOODS AND NUTRACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS.
THE SECOND YEAR FOCUSED ON GREEN EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES, SELECTED, AND CAREFULLY OPTIMIZED FOR THE SELECTIVE AND EFFICIENT RECOVERY OF CSL AND GGL COMPOUNDS. PRESSURIZED HOT WATER EXTRACTION (PHWE) AND ULTRASOUND PROBE-ASSISTED EXTRACTION (PROBE-UAE) WERE CHOSEN FOR THE EXTRACTION OF CSL POLAR AND MEDIUM-POLAR COMPOUNDS, AND SUPERCRITICAL CO2 EXTRACTION (SFE) FOR GGL APOLAR CONSTITUENTS. PRELIMINARY UNIVARIATE STUDIES AND SUBSEQUENT RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY (RSM) OPTIMIZATION ENABLED EFFICIENT, SOLVENT-SAVING AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY EXTRACTION. THESE GREEN METHODS OUTPERFORMED CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES IN TERMS OF YIELD, SELECTIVITY, QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY AND PROVIDE A SOLID BASIS FOR FUTURE PILOT-SCALE TRIALS AND POTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION OF THESE HEALTH-PROMOTING NATURAL SOURCES.
BUILDING ON THESE RESULTS, THE THIRD-YEAR RESEARCH INTEGRATED PROCESS OPTIMIZATION WITH BIOLOGICAL VALIDATION. CSL EXTRACTS WERE TESTED IN CELL-BASED MODELS (HEPG2 CELLS AND ERYTHROCYTES) TO CONFIRM ANTIOXIDANT EFFICACY UNDER OXIDATIVE STRESS, PROVIDING REALISTIC EVIDENCE OF THEIR BIOACTIVITY AND CYTOCOMPATIBILITY. IN PARALLEL, A PHWE-BASED SPRAY-DRIED FORMULATION WAS DEVELOPED TO ENHANCE COMPOUND STABILITY AND BIOACCESSIBILITY, WHICH WERE FURTHER ASSESSED THROUGH IN VITRO GASTROINTESTINAL DIGESTION. FOR GGL, ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTI-AGING PROPERTIES OF THE EXTRACTS WERE INVESTIGATED USING A SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE MODEL OVEREXPRESSING HUMAN Α-SYNUCLEIN, ENABLING THE EVALUATION OF BOTH OXIDATIVE STRESS RESISTANCE AND LIFESPAN EXTENSION.
OVERALL, THE FINDINGS FROM BOTH PLANT BIOMASSES UNDERLINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A SUSTAINABLE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH THAT INTEGRATES GREEN EXTRACTION, METABOLITE CHARACTERIZATION, FORMULATION DESIGN AND BIOLOGICAL VALIDATION. BOTH C. SILIQUA AND G. GLABRA LEAVES REPRESENT PROMISING, UNDEREXPLOITED SOURCES THAT CAN SERVE AS HEALTH-BENEFICIAL CONSTITUENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL FOODS, FUNCTIONAL INGREDIENTS, AND NUTRACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS
L'intelligenza artificiale e la pericolosità sociale: misure cautelari e di prevenzione
3D In Vitro Models of the Bone Marrow Niche
The bone marrow niche is a specialized microenvironment sustaining a hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) pool and regulating the production of mature blood cells. Its exact composition and mechanisms remain incompletely defined, mainly due to the lack of in vitro models that accurately reproduce its physiological three-dimensional (3D) architecture and cellular crosstalk. Two-dimensional cultures fail to sustain HSC quiescence and stemness, while advanced 3D systems can reproduce key structural and mechanism cues of the niche. In this review, we first describe physiological cellular, stromal, and matrix components of the bone marrow niche, highlighting their coordinated regulation of HSC maintenance, proliferation, and mobilization. We then critically examine current approaches for 3D in vitro bone marrow models, including scaffold-based methods, decellularized models, spheroid and organoid systems, 3D bioprinting applications, and organ-on-chip technologies, discussing their advances, limitations, and potential disease modeling in this field. Finally, we outline how these technologies could deepen our understanding of hematopoiesis mechanisms, clonal evolution, and niche-mediated drug resistance. We also highlight the pros and cons of each methodology and future directions toward standardized protocols, integrating tissue components, and the use of human cells to enhance reproducibility and clinical relevance. Advances like bone marrow-on-a-chip, computational models, and patient-specific systems will help bridge the gap between in vitro and in vivo studies, enabling drug testing, stem cell expansion, and gene editing strategies, including chimeric antigen receptor expression. Bone marrow models have evolved from simple 2D cultures to advanced 3D and organ-on-a-chip systems, significantly improving our understanding of hematopoiesis and accelerating new therapies
Properties of Josephson Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifier With a Non-Sinusoidal Current-Phase Relation and Resonant Phase Matching
A comprehensive numerical analysis of the dynamical response of Josephson Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifiers (JTWPA) under varying driving conditions is presented. The primary goal is to examine the effects of a current–phase relation (CPR) incorporating a second-harmonic contribution. The analysis further investigates how parameters such as pump intensity, signal frequency, and DC bias current influence the transition to chaos. The results reveal a wide range of dynamical regimes in JTWPAs, offering insights into optimizing device performance and stability. Notably, the shape of the CPR is shown to have a significant impact on the operational effectiveness and stability of JTWPAs. To obtain results closer to real devices, numerical modeling of JTWPAs implementing Resonant Phase Matching (RPM) circuitry has been performed. We have verified that the introduction of RPM allows a significant increase in the amplifier gain also in the case of non-sinusoidal CPR. These findings may have important implications for the development of next-generation JTWPAs, which are essential components in quantum computing and precision measurement applications
OTTIMIZZAZIONE DEI PROCESSI, STORIA TERMICA E PRESTAZIONI MECCANICHE DI COMPOSITI RINFORZATI CON FIBRE DI VETRO RICICLATE E RIGENERATE NELLA MANIFATTURA ADDITIVA DI GRANDE FORMATO
LA MANIFATTURA ADDITIVA DI GRANDE FORMATO (LARGE FORMAT ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, LFAM) CONSENTE LA PRODUZIONE RAPIDA DI GEOMETRIE COMPLESSE E DI GRANDI DIMENSIONI. IN QUESTO AMBITO, LA FUSED GRANULAR FABRICATION (FGF) SI È AFFERMATA COME UNA TECNICA PROMETTENTE PER LA STAMPA AD ALTA PRODUTTIVITÀ DI POLIMERI E MATERIALI COMPOSITI. LA QUALITÀ DEI COMPONENTI REALIZZATI MEDIANTE FGF DIPENDE IN MODO SIGNIFICATIVO SIA DAI PARAMETRI DI PROCESSO—QUALI LA VELOCITÀ DI DEPOSIZIONE (TEMPO DI STRATO), LA PORTATA VOLUMETRICA O LA VELOCITÀ DI ROTAZIONE DELL’ESTRUSORE, L’ALTEZZA DI STRATO E LA TEMPERATURA DELL’UGELLO—SIA DALLE CONDIZIONI AMBIENTALI, INCLUSE LA TEMPERATURA AMBIENTE, IL RAFFREDDAMENTO E L’UMIDITÀ. TALI VARIABILI INFLUENZANO I PROFILI DI TEMPERATURA INTER-STRATO E L’ACCURATEZZA DIMENSIONALE DELLA GEOMETRIA STAMPATA, INCIDENDO DIRETTAMENTE SULL’ADESIONE TRA GLI STRATI E SULLE PRESTAZIONI MECCANICHE DEL COMPONENTE FINALE.
QUESTA TESI SVILUPPA MODELLI PREDITTIVI PER DUE MATERIALI COMPOSITI: POLIPROPILENE RICICLATO RINFORZATO CON IL 30% DI FIBRE DI VETRO (RPP+30%GF) E POLIAMMIDE 6 RIGENERATA RINFORZATA CON IL 30% DI FIBRE DI VETRO (RPA6+30%GF). LA RICERCA INTEGRA FABBRICAZIONE SPERIMENTALE E SIMULAZIONI NUMERICHE. MEDIANTE UN APPROCCIO BASATO SUL DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS (DOE), LO STUDIO ANALIZZA IN MODO SISTEMATICO L’INFLUENZA DEI PRINCIPALI PARAMETRI DI PROCESSO—ALTEZZA DI STRATO, PORTATA VOLUMETRICA O VELOCITÀ DI ROTAZIONE DELL’ESTRUSORE E VELOCITÀ DI DEPOSIZIONE—SULLA GEOMETRIA DEL CORDONE ESTRUSO (LARGHEZZA DI CONTATTO E LARGHEZZA DEL BEAD) E SULLA RESISTENZA A FLESSIONE.
IN PARALLELO, SONO STATE ESEGUITE SIMULAZIONI TERMICHE TRIDIMENSIONALI MEDIANTE ANSYS DED PER ANALIZZARE L’EVOLUZIONE DELLA TEMPERATURA INTER-STRATO IN FUNZIONE DELLE DIVERSE COMBINAZIONI DI PARAMETRI, CONSIDERANDO UNA GEOMETRIA SPECIFICA PER CIASCUN MATERIALE. TALI SIMULAZIONI CONSENTONO DI APPROFONDIRE LA STORIA TERMICA CHE GOVERNA LA QUALITÀ DEL LEGAME INTER-STRATO NEI PROCESSI FGF.
I RISULTATI SPERIMENTALI E NUMERICI FORNISCONO UNA BASE PREDITTIVA PER LA SELEZIONE OTTIMALE DEI PARAMETRI DI STAMPA PER I DUE SISTEMI COMPOSITI RINFORZATI CON FIBRE DI VETRO ANALIZZATI—RPP+30%GF E RPA6+30%GF—NELL’AMBITO DELLE APPLICAZIONI DI LFAM.LARGE FORMAT ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (LFAM) ENABLES RAPID PRODUCTION OF COMPLEX, LARGE-SCALE GEOMETRIES. WITHIN THIS FIELD, FUSED GRANULAR FABRICATION (FGF) HAS BECOME A PROMISING METHOD FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT POLYMER AND COMPOSITE PRINTING. THE QUALITY OF FGF PARTS DEPENDS STRONGLY ON BOTH PROCESS PARAMETERS—SUCH AS DEPOSITION SPEED (LAYER TIME), VOLUME FLOW RATE OR EXTRUDER ROTATION RATE, LAYER HEIGHT, AND NOZZLE TEMPERATURE—AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS INCLUDING AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, COOLING, AND HUMIDITY. THESE VARIABLES INFLUENCE INTER-LAYER TEMPERATURE PROFILES AND THE DIMENSIONAL ACCURACY OF THE PRINTED GEOMETRY, ULTIMATELY SHAPING INTERLAYER ADHESION AND MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE.
THIS THESIS DEVELOPS PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR TWO COMPOSITE MATERIALS: RECYCLED POLYPROPYLENE REINFORCED WITH 30% GLASS FIBER (RPP+30%GF) AND REGENERATED POLYAMIDE 6 REINFORCED WITH 30% GLASS FIBER (RPA6+30%GF). THE RESEARCH COMBINES EXPERIMENTAL FABRICATION AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION. USING A DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS (DOE) FRAMEWORK, THE STUDY SYSTEMATICALLY EVALUATES HOW KEY PARAMETERS—LAYER HEIGHT, VOLUME FLOW RATE OR EXTRUDER ROTATION RATE, AND DEPOSITION SPEED—AFFECT GEOMETRY (CONTACT WIDTH AND BEAD WIDTH) AND FLEXURAL STRENGTH.
IN PARALLEL, 3D THERMAL SIMULATIONS WERE PERFORMED IN ANSYS DED TO ANALYZE HOW DIFFERENT PARAMETER SETS CHANGE INTER-LAYER TEMPERATURE EVOLUTION FOR A SPECIFIC GEOMETRY FOR THE MATERIALS. THESE SIMULATIONS PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO THE THERMAL HISTORY DRIVING BONDING QUALITY IN FGF.
THE EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL RESULTS PROVIDE A PREDICTIVE BASIS FOR SELECTING OPTIMAL PRINTING PARAMETERS FOR THE TWO GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE SYSTEMS STUDIED, SPECIFICALLY RPP+30%GF AND RPA6+30%GF, WITHIN LFAM APPLICATIONS