Material Performance Evaluation for Customized Orthoses: Compression, Flexural, and Tensile Tests Combined with Finite Element Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials Production
2.2. Tensile Testing
2.3. Flexural Testing
2.4. Compression Testing
2.5. Data Analysis of the Mechanical Assays
2.6. Static Structural Test
3. Results
3.1. Tensile Tests
3.2. Flexural Tests
3.3. Compressive Tests
3.4. Correlation Assays
3.5. Static Structural Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Material | Young’s Modulus (MPa) | Poisson’s Ratio | Tensile Yield Strength (MPa) | Tensile Ultimate Strength (MPa) |
---|---|---|---|---|
PC | 2250 | 0.39 | 57.9 | 57.3 |
PLA | 3039 | 0.39 | 45.0 | 48.0 |
ULTEM™ 1010 | 2770 | 0.36 | 64.0 | 81.0 |
Material | Maximum Von Mises Stress (MPa) | Maximum Elastic Strain (mm/mm) | Maximum Total Deformation (mm) | Minimum Safety Factor |
---|---|---|---|---|
PC | 25.63 | 11.98 × 10−3 | 9.34 | 2.26 |
PLA | 25.54 | 8.85 × 10−3 | 6.91 | 1.76 |
ULTEM™ 1010 | 25.24 | 9.61 × 10−3 | 7.56 | 2.54 |
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Trindade, D.; Habiba, R.; Fernandes, C.; Costa, A.A.; Silva, R.; Alves, N.; Martins, R.; Malça, C.; Branco, R.; Moura, C. Material Performance Evaluation for Customized Orthoses: Compression, Flexural, and Tensile Tests Combined with Finite Element Analysis. Polymers 2024, 16, 2553. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16182553
Trindade D, Habiba R, Fernandes C, Costa AA, Silva R, Alves N, Martins R, Malça C, Branco R, Moura C. Material Performance Evaluation for Customized Orthoses: Compression, Flexural, and Tensile Tests Combined with Finite Element Analysis. Polymers. 2024; 16(18):2553. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16182553
Chicago/Turabian StyleTrindade, Daniela, Rachel Habiba, Cristiana Fernandes, André A. Costa, Rui Silva, Nuno Alves, Rui Martins, Cândida Malça, Ricardo Branco, and Carla Moura. 2024. "Material Performance Evaluation for Customized Orthoses: Compression, Flexural, and Tensile Tests Combined with Finite Element Analysis" Polymers 16, no. 18: 2553. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16182553