Methods to improve osseointegration that include implantation of rhBMP-2 with various kinds of carriers are currently of considerable interest. The present study was conducted to evaluate if the rhBMP-2 loaded β-TCP microsphere-hyaluronic acid-based powder-like hydrogel composite (powder gel) can act as an effective rhBMP-2 carrier for implantation in host bone with a bone defect or poor bone q...

Rings based on pure iron have been manufactured by laser powder bed fusion. Different experimental conditions implemented to manufacture simple rings called “bulk”. Selected were used fabricate “structured” rings, made up of stacking lamellae separated weakly densified metal zones or spacers. The magnetic properties these measured in order determine their maximum flux density, permeability and ...

Flexible dielectric waveguides have been demonstrated at 10 GHz and 94 GHz using thin-wall polymer tubing filled with low-loss, high-dielectric-constant powders. Absorptive losses of the order of 10 dB/meter were measured at 94 GHz with nickel-aluminum titanate and barium tetratitanate powder in polytetrafluoroethylene (F’TFE) lightweight electrical spaghetti. Bending losses at 94 GHz were negl...

This paper aims to present the design aspects of electrical motors with soft magnetic composite (SMC) core. Combined classical and modern analysis procedures are proposed for developing SMC motors. A permanent magnet claw pole motor using SMC material as the stator core was firstly designed by the equivalent magnetic circuit method. Threedimensional finite element magnetic field analysis was co...

Hard/soft permanent magnets have aroused many interests in the past two decades because of their potential in achieving giant energy products as well as their rich variety of magnetic behaviors. Nevertheless, the experimental energy products are much smaller than the theoretical ones due to the much smaller coercivity measured in the experiments. In this paper, the deterioration of the coercivi...

The brass tubes with foam cores of AlSi7SiC3, AlSi7SiC3Fe1 and AlSi7SiC3Fe3 were produced as the crush-boxes with circle and square cross-section. Then axial compressive behavior and energy absorption capability of the foam-filled tubes were investigated during the quasi-static progressive plastic buckling. The uniaxial compressive stress–strain curves of the foam-filled brass tubes exhibited t...