Aworinde, Abraham K. and Adeosun, Samson O. and Oyawale, Fetus A and Akinlabi, Esther T. and Akinlabi, Stephen A. (2019) Parametric Effects of Fused Deposition Modelling on the Mechanical Properties of Polylactide Composites: A Review. In: International Conference on Engineering for Sustainable World, 2019, Online.
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Abstract
Polymers are generally inferior in mechanical properties to metals which are the current orthopaedic material for osseointegration in many parts of the world today. This assertion also applies to poly(lactic acid) (PLA), a polyester that has been recently found applicable in tissue remodelling. To improve on its mechanical properties, several processing techniques, inclusive of fused deposition modelling (FDM) also branded as fused filament fabrication (FFF), have been used. FDM has been endeared to many researchers because a range of parameters can be combined to bring about widely different mechanical properties. Although the influence of FDM parameters on the mechanical properties of PLA is clear, the tensile, compressive and flexural strengths obtained so far are inferior to human cortical bone. The need to improve on this production technique for improved mechanical properties is apparent in all the works examined in this review
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Additive manufacturing, internal bone fixations, cancellous bone, mechanical properties |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Engineering Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi |
| Date Deposited: | 13 May 2020 09:13 |
| Last Modified: | 13 May 2020 09:13 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/13321 |
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