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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nor Amalina Muhayudin, Khairul Salleh Basaruddin, Fiona McEvoy, Anthony Tansey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:Journal of Materials Research and Technology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785419311093