<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Porous structures made of metal or biopolymers with a structure similar in shape and mechanical properties to human bone can easily be produced by stereolithographic techniques, e.g. selective laser melting (SLM). Numerical methods, like Finite Element Method (FEM) have great potential in testing new scaffold designs, according to their mechanical properties before manufacturing, i.e. strength or stiffness. An example of such designs are scaffolds used in biomedical applications, like in orthopedics’ and mechanical properties of these structures should meet specific requirements. This paper shows how mechanical properties of proposed scaffolds can be estimated with regard to total porosity and pore shape.</p></abstract>

Porous structures made of metal or biopolymers with a structure similar in shape and mechanical properties to human bone can easily be produced by stereolithographic techniques, e.g. selective laser melting (SLM). Numerical methods, like Finite Element Method (FEM) have great potential in testing new scaffold designs, according to their mechanical properties before manufacturing, i.e. strength or stiffness. An example of such designs are scaffolds used in biomedical applications, like in orthopedics’ and mechanical properties of these structures should meet specific requirements. This paper shows how mechanical properties of proposed scaffolds can be estimated with regard to total porosity and pore shape.

Estimation of Young’s Modulus of the Porous Titanium Alloy with the Use of Fem Package

Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Machine Design and Vehicles, 11/12 Narutowicza Street, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland

Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Materials and Welding Engineering, 11/12 Narutowicza Street, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland

Advances in Materials Science

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Porous structures made of metal or biopolymers with a structure similar in shape and mechanical properties to human bone can easily be produced by...

Estimation of Young’s Modulus of the Porous Titanium Alloy with the Use of Fem Package

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 29 - 37

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/adms-2015-0020

Keywords
porous structures, Young’s modulus, Finite Element Method, titanium alloy

© by G. Rotta

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Estimation of Young’s Modulus of the Porous Titanium Alloy with the Use of Fem Package

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 29 - 37

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/adms-2015-0020

Keywordsporous structures, Young’s modulus, Finite Element Method, titanium alloy

© by G. Rotta

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
porous structures, Young’s modulus, Finite Element Method, titanium alloy