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Evaluating compressive properties and morphology of expandable polyurethane foam for use in a synthetic paediatric spine

cris.virtual.department Universiti Malaysia Perlis
cris.virtual.department Universiti Malaysia Perlis
cris.virtualsource.department be1e162e-55f3-4ece-95ce-919ee08a907e
cris.virtualsource.department 27b3812e-d65e-4dab-8a70-85e528bb8c4a
dc.contributor.author Nor Amalina Muhayudin
dc.contributor.author Khairul Salleh Basaruddin
dc.contributor.author Fiona McEvoy
dc.contributor.author Anthony Tansey
dc.date.accessioned 2025-11-10T02:16:21Z
dc.date.available 2025-11-10T02:16:21Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.description.abstract An expandable rigid PU foam can turns into complex shapes, with a shell like structure on the outside and honeycomb structure on the inside, which can be easily shaped to a vertebra form. The present study aims to determine whether expandable rigid polyurethane foam was an appropriate substitute for rigid block polyurethane foam to model the trabecular bone. Static compression tests were performed to determine compressive moduli and yield stresses on three polyurethane foam densities namely 0.16 g/cm3, 0.24 g/cm3 and 0.42 g/cm3. Morphology of the PU foams for all densities was also observed. The compressive modulus for 0.16 g/cm3 and 0.24 g/cm3 were found varied from 40 to 43 MPa and 83 to 92 MPa while yield stress ranged from 2.1 to 2.3 MPa and 3.4 to 4.8 MPa respectively. As for 0.42 g/cm3, the compressive modulus and yield stress varied from 240 to 256 MPa and 38 to 40 MPa. Based on these results, the compressive modulus and yield stress of 0.24 g/cm3 compared favourably with rigid block PU foam and human cadavers presented in the literatures. Hence, the findings of this study could potentially be used in developing a synthetic vertebral trabecular bone of paediatric spine for biomechanical testing.
dc.identifier.doi 10.1016/j.jmrt.2019.12.089
dc.identifier.uri https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-materials-research-and-technology
dc.identifier.uri https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785419311093?pes=vor&utm_source=scopus&getft_integrator=scopus
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14170/15001
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Materials Research and Technology
dc.relation.issn 2238-7854
dc.subject Compressive properties
dc.subject Polyurethane foam
dc.subject Synthetic spine
dc.subject Trabecular bone
dc.title Evaluating compressive properties and morphology of expandable polyurethane foam for use in a synthetic paediatric spine
dc.type journal-article
dspace.entity.type Publication
oaire.citation.endPage 8
oaire.citation.issue 2
oaire.citation.startPage 1
oaire.citation.volume 9
oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Malaysia Perlis
oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Malaysia Perlis
oairecerif.author.affiliation Institute of Technology Tallaght, Ireland
oairecerif.author.affiliation Institute of Technology Tallaght, Ireland
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