Hernia is a physiological condition that significantly impacts patients’ quality of life. Surgical treatment for hernias often involves the use of specialized meshes to support the abdominal wall. While this method is highly effective, it frequently...
In an era of sustainability and innovation, the textile industry faces the challenge of reimagining traditional materials and manufacturing for an eco-conscious future. This research presents the results from the mechanical testing of materials manuf...
The mesh size significantly affects the accuracy and computational efficiency of finite-element analysis (FEA) simulations. This study investigates mesh regularization to mitigate mesh dependency, align numerical results with experimental data, and o...
The aim of this study was to produce a 3D mesh of defect free electrospun cellulose acetate nanofibres and to use this to produce a prototype composite resin containing nanofibre fillers. This might find use as an aesthetic orthodontic bracket materi...
The prophylactic coating of prosthetic mesh materials for hernia repair with antimicrobial compounds is commonly performed before implantation of the mesh in the abdominal wall. We propose a novel alternative, which is a rifampicin-loaded thermo-resp...
With the proliferation of flexible electronics, the advancement of mechanically compliant thermal management systems, notably flexible heat pipes, is imperative to address evolving demands for adaptive thermal regulation in deformable device architec...
Background: Cu-based friction materials (CBFMs) exhibit significant application in transportation and mechanical engineering due to their excellent wear resistance, thermal conductivity, and stable tribological performance. Methods: In this study, CB...
Background: Synthetic mesh material is of great importance for surgical incisional hernia repair. The physical and biochemical characteristics of the mesh influence mechanical stability and the foreign body tissue reaction. The influence on bacterial...
Over 20 million hernias are operated on globally per year, with most interventions requiring mesh reinforcement. A wide range of such medical devices are currently available on the market, most fabricated from synthetic polymers. Yet, searching for a...
Background: Polypropylene (PP) pelvic mesh is a synthetic mesh made of PP polymer used to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Its use has become highly controversial due to reports of serious complications. This research critically reviews the current...
Abdominal hernia repair using prosthetic materials is among the surgical interventions most widely performed worldwide. These materials, or meshes, are implanted to close the hernial defect, reinforcing the abdominal muscles and reestablishing mechan...
To reveal the mechanical behavior and deformation patterns of geotechnical reinforcement materials under tensile loading, a series of tensile tests were conducted on plastic geogrid rib, fiberglass geogrid rib, gabion steel wire, plastic geogrid mesh...
In this paper, the scope of discrete asymptotic homogenization employing voxel (cartesian) mesh discretization is expanded to estimate high fidelity effective properties of any periodic heterogeneous media with arbitrary Bravais’s lattice symme...
Nickel-element-doped zinc cobaltate/carbon fiber composites (Ni-ZnCo2O4/CF) were prepared on carbon cloth (made of a combination of carbon fibers) conductive substrates using a simple ambient stirring method combined with heat treatment. Characteriza...
This paper explores and discusses how wing structures vibrate by using the Mindlin–Reissner plate theory, which takes into consideration the effects of transverse shear deformation and rotary inertia. This theory works well for thicker structur...
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries have emerged as a promising energy source for electric vehicle (EV) applications owing to the solution offered by their high power, high specific energy, no memory effect, and their excellent durability. However, they g...
Abdominal hernias are common issues in the clinical setting, burdening millions of patients worldwide. Associated with pain, decreased quality of life, and severe potential complications, abdominal wall hernias should be treated as soon as possible....
This study experimentally investigates the use of stainless-steel woven wire mesh (SSWWM) as a patch material for repairing damaged glass fibre-reinforced (GFR) composite laminates. The effects of several factors on the three-point bending (3PB) beha...
The practical application of transparent supercapacitors (TSCs) is limited by the inherent trade-off between transparency and conductivity, as well as the environmental and economic drawbacks of electrode materials. This study presents a novel and sc...
Pervious concrete (PC) has gained popularity as an environmentally friendly solution for mitigating the urban heat island effect and promoting sustainable construction. However, its lower compressive strength, attributed to its higher porosity requir...
The anti-pillow effect of mesh antennas has adverse effects on satellite communication. The curvature isotropy of a negative Poisson’s ratio material is expected to be applied and solved for the anti-pillow effect of mesh deployable antennas. B...
A balance between model complexity, accuracy, and computational cost is a central concern in numerical simulations. In particular, for stochastic fiber networks, the non-affine deformation of fibers, related non-linear geometric features due to large...
As a method of lightweight design, multi-material design aims to make targeted use of materials in order to reduce CO2 emissions. In this context, it can be described as one of the product development methods used to meet the challenges of climate ch...
This study signifies the development and characterization of a composite material with a metallic matrix of aluminum reinforced with a steel mesh, utilizing centrifugal casting technology. An evaluation was conducted to ascertain the influence of the...
Composite materials, such as aluminum alloy FGMs, provide advantageous weight reduction properties compared to homogenous pure structures while still preserving sufficient stiffness for diverse applications. Despite various research on drilling simul...
Due to its large latent heat and high energy storage capacity, paraffin as one of the phase change materials (PCMs) has been widely applied in many energy-related applications in recent years. The current applications of paraffin, however, are limite...
We experimentally investigate the transpiration cooling characteristics of a porous material, sintered wire mesh. Three samples with different porosities in a plain weave structure are tested with various blowing ratios in an open-loop wind tunnel wi...
The reconstruction of a severely resorbed alveolar bone is a significant challenge in dental implantology and maxillofacial surgery. Traditional bone grafting materials, including autogenous, allogeneic, xenogeneic, and alloplastic materials, have li...
We propose a new approach to calculate the complex photonic band structure, both purely dispersive and evanescent Bloch modes of a finite range, of arbitrary three-dimensional photonic crystals. Our method, based on a well-established plane wave expa...
The growing concerns about climate changes and environmental pollution have galvanized considerable research efforts in recent years to develop effective and innovative remediation technologies for contaminated soils and water caused by industrial an...
The growing demand for electricity in developing countries has called attention and interest to renewable energy sources to mitigate the adverse environmental effects caused by energy generation through fossil fuels. Among different renewable energy...
In the pursuit of achieving a more realistic in vitro simulation of human biological tissues, microfluidics has emerged as a promising technology. Organ-on-a-chip (OoC) devices, a product of this technology, contain miniature tissues within microflui...
This paper presents a multi-material dual “contouring” method used to convert a digital 3D voxel-based atlas of basal ganglia to a deformable discrete multi-surface model that supports surgical navigation for an intraoperative MRI-compati...
Because of the degradation of building materials and the increased design load, concrete parts continually require repair. Special cementitious matrix components, Strain Hardening Cementitious Composites (SHCC), have exceptional ductility, strength g...
The effect of the computational model and mesh strategy on the springback prediction of the thin sandwich material made of micro-alloyed steel was investigated in this paper. To verify the chosen computational strategy, a comparison of the experiment...
Current strategies to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) or stress urinary incontinence (SUI), include the surgical implantation of vaginal meshes. Recently, there have been multiple reports of issues generated by these meshes conventionally made of p...
Intervertebral cages made of Ti6Al4V alloy show excellent osteoconductivity, but also higher stiffness, compared to commonly used polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK) materials, that may lead to a stress-shielding effect and implant subsidence. In this stud...
Within the rapidly growing market for fiber-reinforced plastics (FRPs), conventional production processes involving molds are not cost-efficient for prototype and small series production. Therefore, new flexible forming techniques are increasingly be...
Orbital floor fractures (OFFs) are common injuries of the midface and may result in long-term complications. The aim of this study was to compare two restoration materials, PDS foils and titanium meshes, with regards to (1) clinical outcome and (2) r...
Machining of brittle materials is common in the manufacturing industry, but few modeling techniques are available to predict materials’ behavior in response to the cutting tool. The paper presents a fracture-based finite element model, named em...
The aim of this study is to compare two low-temperature sintered anorganic bovine bone materials (ABBMs), Bio-Oss (Geistlich, Wolhusen, Switzerland) and A-Oss (Osstem, Seoul, Korea), for GBR in dehiscence defects. A single implant was placed simultan...
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Purpose: To improve numerical simulation of the non-contact tonometry test by using arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian deforming mesh in the coupling between computational fluid dynamics model of an air jet and finite element model of the human eye. Metho...
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This paper presents the design and implementation of a compact, high-isolation, optically transparent 2 × 2 MIMO antenna array. Optical transparency is achieved using a copper-based metal mesh material, which serves as both the radiating elemen...
Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) have significant potential for renewable energy generation, yet their operational efficiency is often limited by reduced aerodynamic performance and difficulties during start-up. This study investigates the effect...
The pursuit of superhydrophilic materials with hierarchical structures has garnered significant attention across diverse application domains. In this study, we have successfully crafted Ni-Mn LDHs@CuC2O4 nanosheet arrays on a copper mesh (CM) through...
The use of electrospun meshes has been proposed as highly efficient protective equipment to prevent respiratory infections. Those infections can result from the activity of micro-organisms and other small dust particles, such as those resulting from...
Ferrocement panels are thin-section panels that are widely used in lightweight construction. Due to lesser flexural stiffness, they are susceptible to surface cracking. Water may penetrate through these cracks and may cause corrosion of conventional...
A physics-informed neural network (PINN) framework is developed to model the large deformation and coupled electromechanical response of dielectric elastomer tubes for energy harvesting. The system integrates incompressible neo-Hookean elasticity wit...
Multi-material design as a method of lightweight construction enables the targeted use of materials in a component by utilizing the individual material properties. However, this advantage comes with additional challenges for the product developer, su...
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