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This study aims to research the effects of 3D-printed parameters and geometric dimensions, i.e, printing density, layer thickness, raster angle, length, width, and height. The Box-Benken design of experiments is conducted to obtain 44 different parametric combinations to characterize the damping and spring coefficients\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n C<\/mml:mi>\n F<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msub>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n ,<\/mml:mo>\n \u00a0<\/mml:mtext>\n \n \n K<\/mml:mi>\n F<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msub>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n ,<\/mml:mo>\n \u00a0<\/mml:mtext>\n \n \ud835\udc02<\/mml:mi>\n \n \u03c4<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:msub>\n ,<\/mml:mo>\n \u00a0<\/mml:mtext>\n \n \ud835\udc0a<\/mml:mi>\n \n \u03c4<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:msub>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/jats:alternatives>\n <\/jats:inline-formula>\n under a dynamic load. The damping and spring coefficients are characterized using the minimum squared method. 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