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Compressive and cyclic loading of silicone breast implants and their effect on shape resilience and reliability of the shell material
Author(s) -
Schubert Dirk W,
von Hanstein Harald,
Daenicke Jonas,
Werner Siegfried,
Horch Raymund E
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.5516
Subject(s) - silicone , materials science , composite material , weibull distribution , shell (structure) , ultimate tensile strength , resilience (materials science) , compression (physics) , implant , compressive strength , surgery , mathematics , medicine , statistics
The mechanical behavior of gel‐filled silicone breast implants has been examined as well as the mechanical properties of the implant shell itself. For the first time the implants were tested under compression in two different ways. Subsequently the implant shell material was analyzed by tensile test on dumbbell‐shaped specimens. The results are presented in contour plots which provide a detailed view of the measured values of the samples. Finally a statistical failure analysis was carried out by means of a Weibull fit to provide further data on the mechanical behavior. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry