Computation of the elastic properties of a resin impregnated wire mesh by the means of a homogenisation procedure.
The present paper presents a homogenisation technique applied to the problem of calculating equivalent material properties of a resin impregnated wire mesh. Although this type of material can be expected to possess, in general, a four-fold axis of rotational symmetry, it was found that a transversally isotropic model approximates the material behaviour to within 3.5%. It is therefore concluded that a transversally isotropic model is adequate for representing the resin impregnated mesh in structural calculations.
Hübsch
P F
PF
University of Wales College of Medicine, Dental School, Department of Basic Dental Science, Heath Park, CF14 4XY, Wales, Cardiff, UK. hubschp@cardiff.ac.uk
Middleton
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Knox
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D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D004548:Elasticity; D008422:Materials Testing; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009967:Orthodontic Appliances; D009969:Orthodontic Wires; D012116:Resins, Plant; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013526:Surgical Mesh
D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D012116:Resins, Plant