Research Article
Numerical Evaluation and Prediction of Porous Implant Design and Flow Performance
Table 2
Parametric characterization of porous implant.
| | Unit cell | Unit cell size (mm) | Scaffold models | Model size (mm) | Strut size (mm) | Pore size (mm) | Porosity () | Volume (mm3) | Surface area (mm2) | Specific surface area () |
| | OT | 5×5×5 | OT-0.5 | 10×10×20 | 0.5 | 1.36 | 88.46 | 230.9 | 1914.9 | 12.06 | | OT-0.7 | 0.7 | 1.17 | 79.14 | 417.2 | 2395.9 | 17.41 | | OT-0.9 | 0.9 | 1.00 | 68.25 | 635.1 | 2722.3 | 23.33 | | OT-1.1 | 1.1 | 0.84 | 56.53 | 869.5 | 2893.9 | 30.05 |
| | RD | 5×5×5 | RD-0.5 | 10×10×20 | 0.5 | 1.61 | 91.44 | 171.2 | 1364.3 | 12.55 | | RD-0.7 | 0.7 | 1.40 | 84.21 | 315.8 | 1749.5 | 18.05 | | RD-0.9 | 0.9 | 1.19 | 75.54 | 489.1 | 2043.2 | 23.94 | | RD-1.1 | 1.1 | 0.97 | 65.93 | 681.4 | 2244.9 | 30.35 |
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