As the application of additive manufacturing (AM) reaches an unprecedented scale in both
academia and industry, a reflection upon the state-of-the-art developments in the design for …

Titanium and its alloys are commonly used in almost all disciplines of medicine because of
their sufficient biocompatibility and meeting of mechanical requirements. However, dense …

The lattice structure is a type of cellular material with trusslike frames which can be
optimized for specific loading conditions. The fabrication of its intricate architecture is …

Selective laser sintering (SLS) is a solid freeform fabrication technique, developed by Carl
Deckard for his master's thesis at the University of Texas, patented in 1989. SLS …

Advances introduced by additive manufacturing have significantly improved the ability to
tailor scaffold architecture, enhancing the control over microstructural features. This has led …

Hyaluronic acid (HA) is of immense importance to biomaterials science and biomedical
engineering. It is finding applications in diverse areas of bioengineering ranging from …

This article reports on the experimental determination and finite element modeling of tensile
and compressive mechanical properties of solid polycaprolactone (PCL) and of porous PCL …

Critically engineered stiffness and strength of a scaffold are crucial for managing
maladapted stress concentration and reducing stress shielding. At the same time, suitable …

Porous design of orthopaedic implants affords the advantages of minimizing stress shielding
and improving the osseointegration and long-term stability. However, the marked error in the …

In this paper, a two-step homogenization method is proposed and implemented for
evaluating effective mechanical properties of lattice structured material fabricated by the …