IN-SITU COMPRESSION TEST OF ARTIFICIAL BONE FOAMS IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT USING X-RAY MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

Jonathan Glinz, Daniel Kytýř, Tomáš Fíla, Jan Šleichrt, Andreas Schrempf, David Fürst, Johann Kastner, Sascha Senck

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Abstract

In this study, we investigated specimens of artificial bone foams, developed by the research group for surgical simulators at the UAS Linz, which are used to mimic the haptic feedback of physiologic and pathologic bone for more realistic surgery training. Specimens with two kinds of mineral filler material as well as different amounts of foaming agent were tested in an environmental in-situ loading stage developed by the ITAM CAS and scanned via X-ray micro-computed tomography. In this in-situ stage, specimens can be immersed in liquid and tested under temperature-controlled conditions. Consequently, a total amount of 12 specimens was subjected to compression loading; half of them immersed in water at 36.5C and half in dry condition. Results showed that there is no significant influence of liquid immersion to the compression outcome. However, foams with less amount of foaming agent appeared to have smaller pores resulting in higher compression strength.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)48-51
Number of pages4
JournalActa Polytechnica
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Dec 2019
Event17th Youth Symposium on Experimental Solid Mechanics, YSESM 2019 - Telc, Czech Republic
Duration: 6 Jun 20199 Jun 2019

Keywords

  • Artificial bone foams
  • In-Situ testing
  • X-ray micro-computed tomography

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