Desingn and evaluation of a rail made of carbon fiber reinforced materal for an external fixation system
This paper introduces the design, construction, and evaluation of a rail for a unilateral external fixation system used for bone transport. The rail was made with carbon fiber/epoxy resin (CF/EP) composite material. A simple manual process was used for the construction of the element; then, the rail...
- Autores:
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Ortega Solarte, Fabián
Leyton Virgen, Arlex
Casanova García, Gonzalo Fernando
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2012
- Institución:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/44469
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/44469
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/34568/
- Palabra clave:
- Carbon fiber/epoxy resin (CF/EP)
External fixator
Stiffness
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
| Summary: | This paper introduces the design, construction, and evaluation of a rail for a unilateral external fixation system used for bone transport. The rail was made with carbon fiber/epoxy resin (CF/EP) composite material. A simple manual process was used for the construction of the element; then, the rail was evaluated via mechanical tests under axial load, bending, and torsion. The stiffness of the new element was compared with the stiffness of a commercial rail and good results were obtained. |
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