Functionally graded ceramics for biomedical application: Concept, manufacturing, and properties

Functionally Graded High Strengh Ceramics Obtained by Selective Laser Melting

Henriques B 1,2* 1CMEMS-UMinho, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal 2Federal University of Santa Catarina, Campus Blumenau , 89065-300, Blumenau/SC, Brazil *Corresponding author: Henriques B, CMEMS-UMinho, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal. Federal University of Santa Catarina, Campus Blumenau , 89065-300, Blumenau/SC, Brazil, E-...

Functionally Graded Biomimetic Energy Absorption Concept Development for Transportation Systems

Few Studies on Biomedical Applications of Functionally Graded Material

Functionally graded materials (FGMs) are the advanced materials with varing properties in dimensions. These are made of two or more constituent phases with continuous and smoothly varying composition in preferred directions. The properties of material depend on the spatial position in the structure of material. These materials are gaining attention for biomedical application as biomaterials owi...

Fracture Behavior and Properties of Functionally Graded Fiber-Reinforced Concrete

In concrete pavements, a single concrete mixture design is selected to resist mechanical loading without attempting to adversely affect the concrete pavement shrinkage, ride quality, or noise attenuation. An alternative approach is to design distinct layers within the concrete pavement surface which have specific functions thus achieving higher performance at a lower cost. The objective of this...

Manufacturing conditioned roughness and wear of biomedical oxide ceramics for all-ceramic knee implants

BACKGROUND Ceramic materials are used in a growing proportion of hip joint prostheses due to their wear resistance and biocompatibility properties. However, ceramics have not been applied successfully in total knee joint endoprostheses to date. One reason for this is that with strict surface quality requirements, there are significant challenges with regard to machining. High-toughness bioceram...