Comparative Study Regarding the Design of a 3D Printed Hip Prosthesis

This work proposes the comparison of two models of 3D printed hip prostheses, using microscopic and chemical analysis, but also compression and bending testing. The comparison was made using a hip prosthesis designed in the Autodesk Inventor 2020 program and a model freely available on the Internet. The work includes some details about the virtual prototyping of prostheses and results from the chemical analysis of the components of the hip prostheses, carried out using an X-ray spectrometer to identify the elements contained in the PETG (polyethylene terephthalate glycol) material that was used to obtain the samples. The second method of analysis was the microscopic one and finally the samples were subjected to external forces, through bending and compression testing. This comparison aimed to demonstrate the dependence between the shape of the prosthesis and the mechanical properties of the analysed samples

Manufacturing Technology of Some Impact Resistant Materials

In this paper impact resistance is a key parameter for composite materials. Composite structures can experience impact loads either accidentally in the designed life or in an anticipated hostile service environment. That is why the manufacturing technology is very important. For materials manufacture were established: the type of polymer matrix, the types of fabrics and additives which will be used to improve impact resistance and also analysis of mechanical properties of formed composite materials (bending and tensile tests). Knowledge of the mechanical properties of polymeric materials is necessary in all areas of their applicability. Thus, rigidity and mechanical strength are key properties for most applications in which polymeric matrix composites are used

The Unusual Electromagnetic Proprieties of Fabric Reinforced Epoxy Composites

In this research, the electromagnetic behavior of four composite materials was investigated as an important issue of composite researchers is to control the electrical properties of polymer matrix composites. The four materials are epoxy matrix fabric reinforced composites. Each of the reinforcements is accomplished from 17 layers of fibers fabric of each type, excepting the medial layer which is made of a hybrid fabric meant to solve two issues – the first issue refers to gathering information about the materials loading state while the latter is to increase the electromagnetic shielding properties of the formed materials. The four used fabrics are simple plain fabrics made of yarns of carbon fibers, aramid fibers and, respectively, two types of glass fibers. All the reinforcement layers, excepting the medial one, have the yarns of warp and fill, respectively parallel, while the medial layer has warp yarns perpendicular on the warp yarns of the other layers. The matrix of the wet lay-up technique formed materials is made of epoxy system Epiphen RE 4020 – DE 4020

THERMO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FABRIC REINFORCED COMPOSITES WITH FILED EPOXY MATRIX

While the design problem seems to be essential in order to form a high performance composite one may ask more: is it possible to form a material able to give information about its state? Is it possible to control the properties of a composite through alternation of its various layers? Is it possible, finally, to obtain a multifunctional material based on a right design, on a cheap forming technique, on accessible components? This study is about partially answering the above questions. Two types of fiber fabric were used to form composites with filled epoxy matrix and materials bending and thermo-mechanical properties were evaluated using appropriate recommended methods

The Mechanical Properties of Organic Modified Epoxy Resin

Epoxy resins have been presenting a lot of scientific and technical interests and organic modified epoxy resins have recently receiving a great deal of attention. For obtaining the composite materials with good mechanical proprieties, a large variety of organic modification agents were used. For this study gluten and gelatin had been used as modifying agents thinking that their dispersion inside the polymer could increase the polymer biocompatibility. Equal amounts of the proteins were milled together and the obtained compound was used to form 1 to 5% weight ratios organic agents modified epoxy materials. To highlight the effect of these proteins in epoxy matrix mechanical tests as three-point bending and compression were performed

Specific heat of nano-ferrites modified composites

The specific heat of nano-ferrites modified composites was studied using differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) method in the temperature range of 30 to 150°C. Initially, nano-ferrites were introduced in epoxy systems in order to improve the electromagnetic properties of formed materials. Together with the changes in electromagnetic properties some modifications occur regarding thermal and mechanical properties. The materials were formed by placing 5g or 10g of ferrite into 250g polymer matrix leading to a very low weight ratio of modifying agent. At so low ratios the effect of ferrite presence should be insignificant according to mixing rule. Anyway there is possible to appear some chelation reaction with effects on thermal properties of materials. Three types of epoxy resins had been used as matrix and barium ferrite and strontium ferrite as modifying agents. The thermal analysis was developed on two heatingcooling cycles and the specific heat was evaluated for each segment of the cycle analysis

Specific heat of nano-ferrites modified composites

The specific heat of nano-ferrites modified composites was studied using differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) method in the temperature range of 30 to 150°C. Initially, nano-ferrites were introduced in epoxy systems in order to improve the electromagnetic properties of formed materials. Together with the changes in electromagnetic properties some modifications occur regarding thermal and mechanical properties. The materials were formed by placing 5g or 10g of ferrite into 250g polymer matrix leading to a very low weight ratio of modifying agent. At so low ratios the effect of ferrite presence should be insignificant according to mixing rule. Anyway there is possible to appear some chelation reaction with effects on thermal properties of materials. Three types of epoxy resins had been used as matrix and barium ferrite and strontium ferrite as modifying agents. The thermal analysis was developed on two heatingcooling cycles and the specific heat was evaluated for each segment of the cycle analysis

Electrical Properties of Ultra-Sonicated Epoxy Resin

As ultra-sonication is a mostly used method to disperse the particles into the polymer matrix, the aim of this study is to point out the effect of epoxy’s exposure to ultra-sounds over the electrical properties, especially the electrical conductivity. As the epoxy resins are insulators, the method is based on the determination of electrical conductivity via the measurement of electrical insulation resistance. The polymer solution was exposed for 45 minutes to ultra-sounds produced by one, two, three and four generators at different values of ultra-sounds frequency

THERMAL PROPERTIES OF PARTICULATE EPOXY COMPOSITES

The combination of a filler with a polymer results in a new material with changed properties. Some of these changes are advantageous while others are less favorable. Polymeric dispersions of nanometer-sized metal particles offer the possibility of functionalizing the polymer by properties coming from the large number of surface atoms and the quantum-size effects. Nanosized metals show properties that differ significantly from that of bulk metals, which makes these nano-composite systems intriguing for scientific study and potentially useful for a number of technological applications. This study is about changing the epoxy properties using appropriate fillers

Comparative Study of Some Materials Used in Nail Plate Prosthesis

Nails are involved in most everyday activities, whether physically for seemingly simple actions such, protection against external factors or roles with an aesthetic implication, for the integration of people into society. Often, any change at an aesthetic level is felt both from the point of view of the patient, who can be affected at a psychological level, feeling anxiety due to the lack of a part considered essential, and from the point of view of society that imposes a certain standard to be accepted in the community. Because of this societal standard, people with an untreatable nail deformity or disease can feel marginalized and excluded. Recently, an important number of studies have been carried out in this field, especially since the uses of polymeric materials have gained a wide field of applicability. In this work, the comparison between three types of polymeric materials used in salon work was highlighted, for the aesthetic treatment of some diseases with a long healing time or even untreatable, by making prostheses for the affected nail plates of onycholysis. The mentioned materials were analysed microscopically, tested for roughness and hardness, and tested for compression and bending resistance, in order to understand how a nail prosthesis made of these materials behaves under different actions and external factors to which the nails are subjected to in daily activities. Finally, the method of making a nail prosthesis from one of the tested polymeric materials was presented and the importance of the functions of the nails, both aesthetic and medical, was highlighted