Manufacturing and Compressive Mechanical Behavior of Reinforced Polyurethane Flexible (PUF) Foams

Compressive properties of commercially available polyurethane foams as mechanical models for osteoporotic human cancellous bone

BACKGROUND Polyurethane (PU) foam is widely used as a model for cancellous bone. The higher density foams are used as standard biomechanical test materials, but none of the low density PU foams are universally accepted as models for osteoporotic (OP) bone. The aim of this study was to determine whether low density PU foam might be suitable for mimicking human OP cancellous bone. METHODS Quasi...

Mechanical properties of CNT reinforced nano-cellular polymeric nanocomposite foams

Mechanics of CNT-reinforced nano-cellular PMMA nanocomposites are investigated using coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations. Firstly, static uniaxial stretching of bulk PMMA polymer is simulated and the results are compared with literature. Then, nano-cellular foams with different relative densities are constructed and subjected to static uniaxial stretching and obtained stress-strain cu...

Do amines induce occupational asthma in workers manufacturing polyurethane foams?

Preliminary Study on Microbial Degradation of Flexible Polyurethane Foams – Physico-mechanical and Weight Changes during Fungal Deterioration Preliminary Study on Microbial Degradation of Flexible Polyurethane Foams – Physico-mechanical and Weight Changes during Fungal Deterioration

Compressive Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced Honeycomb Cores

Honeycomb core sandwich panels have found extensive applications particularly in the aerospace and naval industries. In view of the recent interest in alternative, yet strong and lightweight materials, honeycomb cores are manufactured from sisal fiber-reinforced polypropylene (PP) composites and the out-ofplane compressive behaviour of these cores is investigated. The cell wall material is mode...