The influence of cell morphology on the compressive fatigue behavior of Ti-6Al-4V meshes fabricated by electron beam melting

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 251-264

  Zhao, S ^a   Li, S J ^a   Hou, W T ^a   Hao, Y L ^a   Yang, R ^a   Misra, R D K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b 500 W University Avenue   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell shape effect; Compressive fatigue behavior; Electron beam melting; Reticulated mesh; Titanium alloys

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; ALUMINUM; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BONE; BUCKLING; CELLS; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRACKS; CYTOLOGY; DEFORMATION; ELECTRON BEAM MELTING; ELECTRON BEAMS; FABRICATION; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MELTING; MESH GENERATION; STRUTS; VANADIUM ALLOYS;

BUCKLING AND BENDING; BUCKLING DEFORMATION; CELL SHAPES; COMPRESSIVE FATIGUE; CYCLIC DEFORMATIONS; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; RETICULATED MESH; RHOMBIC DODECAHEDRON;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

ALUMINUM; NANOMESH; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOY (TIAL6V4);

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; COMPRESSIVE FATIGUE BEHAVIOR; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON BEAM MELTING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YOUNG MODULUS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 84957961537     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2016.01.034     Document Type: Article

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