TY - JOUR
T1 - Parametric Effects of Fused Deposition Modelling on the Mechanical Properties of Polylactide Composites
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Engineering for Sustainable World, ICESW 2019
AU - Kehinde Aworinde, Abraham
AU - Oluropo Adeosun, Samson
AU - Adekunle Oyawale, Festus
AU - Titilayo Akinlabi, Esther
AU - Akinlabi, Stephen A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to acknowledge the financial support offered by Covenant University in the actualization of this research work for publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
PY - 2019/12/18
Y1 - 2019/12/18
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Additive manufacturing
KW - cancellous bone
KW - internal bone fixations
KW - mechanical properties
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U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/1378/2/022060
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/1378/2/022060
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85077778835
SN - 1742-6588
VL - 1378
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
IS - 2
M1 - 022060
Y2 - 3 July 2019 through 8 July 2019
ER -