Technical features and criteria in designing fiber-reinforced composite materials: from the aerospace and aeronautical field to biomedical applications

Gloria, Antonio and Ronca, Dante and Russo, Teresa and D’Amora, Ugo and Chierchia, Marianna and De Santis, Roberto and Nicolais, Luigi and Ambrosio, Luigi (2011) Technical features and criteria in designing fiber-reinforced composite materials: from the aerospace and aeronautical field to biomedical applications. Journal of Applied Biomaterials & Biomechanics, 9 (2). pp. 151-163. ISSN 1722-6899

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Abstract

Polymer-based composite materials are ideal for applications where high stiffness-to-weight and strength-to-weight ratios are required. From aerospace and aeronautical field to biomedical applications, fiber-reinforced polymers have replaced metals, thus emerging as an interesting alternative. As widely reported, the mechanical behavior of the composite materials involves investigation on micro- and macro-scale, taking into consideration micromechanics, macromechanics and lamination theory. c linical situations often require repairing connective tissues and the use of composite materials may be suitable for these ap - plications because of the possibility to design tissue substitutes or implants with the required mechanical properties. Accordingly, this review aims at stressing the importance of fiber-reinforced composite materials to make advanced and biomimetic prostheses with tailored mechanical properties, starting from the basic principle design, technologies, and a brief overview of composites applications in several fields. Fiber-reinforced composite materials for artificial tendons, ligaments, and intervertebral discs, as well as for hip stems and mandible models will be reviewed, highlighting the possibility to mimic the mechanical properties of the soft and hard tissues that they replace

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	PubMed ID: 22065393
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Applications; Basic principles; Fiber-reinforced composite materials; Prosthetic implants and models; Tailored properties; Technologies
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 670 Manifattura (Classificare qui le opere d’insieme sui materiali, sui manufatti, sulla manifattura dei materiali)
Depositing User:	Dr. Roberto De Santis
Date Deposited:	09 Apr 2014 07:46
Last Modified:	13 Jan 2015 10:34
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/8694

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