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Item Process-Property Relationships in Additive Manufacturing of Nylon-Fiberglass Composites Using Taguchi Design of Experiments(University of Texas at Austin, 2017) Agarwal, Kuldeep; Houser, Matthew; Vangapally, Sairam; Vulli, Arun KumarComposite Filament Fabrication (CFF) process, similar to Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) can extrude a fiber along with a plastic. The process has two nozzles, one that can extrude Nylon and another that can extrude a fiber such as Fiberglass, Kevlar or Carbon Fiber. The mechanical properties of the parts produced by this process are dependent on the process parameters. To determine the effect of these process parameters and design parts for optimal properties, the relationship needs to be determined. This research works with Nylon-Fiberglass composite material. This study focuses on five different process parameters and their effect on mechanical properties such as tensile strength, elastic modulus and elongation to fracture. 36 experiments based on Taguchi design of experiments methodology are conducted and the analysis of variance of the results is used to find the important parameters. The results show that some process parameters are more significant than others in affecting the mechanical properties. It is found that the fiber volume % in the composite plays the most significant role in the mechanical properties.