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Compression stiffness evaluation of polycaprolactone‐amorphous calcium phosphate 3D ‐designed scaffolds oriented by finite element analysis
Author(s) -
Liu James,
Roque Renan,
Barbosa Gustavo Franco,
Malavolta Alexandre Tácito
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.51245
Subject(s) - polycaprolactone , amorphous calcium phosphate , finite element method , biomaterial , context (archaeology) , materials science , scaffold , compression (physics) , composite number , stiffness , biomedical engineering , tissue engineering , composite material , mechanical engineering , engineering , structural engineering , calcium , polymer , nanotechnology , paleontology , metallurgy , biology
Scaffolds are implants used to accelerate bone regeneration process, being a relevant element of research in bone tissue engineering field. In this context, the proposal of this research was to perform a mechanical behavior evaluation, by finite element analysis (FEA), of two different configurations of 3D scaffolds fabricated in a type of composite material of PCL‐ACP (polycaprolactone and amorphous calcium phosphate). The numerical results were compared with the experimental data and also, used to determine the compression stiffness of each studied scaffold configuration. Thus, it was possible to conclude that FEA is a tool that helps understand complex problems while being able to reduce time and cost in analysis, resulting in more efficient and less invasive medical procedures and treatments. In addition, the novelty of this multidisciplinary research work contributes as an application in tissue engineering area by relating a PCL‐ACP biomaterial with one unprecedented geometry of scaffold faced to FEA mechanical evaluation. Therefore, demonstrating to be a relevant subject for science by not only providing procedures that increases people's life quality but also for being a new application.