Evaluating the critical strain energy release rate of bioactive glass coatings on Ti6Al4V substrates after degradation

• Main Authors: Matinmanesh, Ali, Li, Yiming, Nouhi, A., Zalzal, Paul, Schemitsch, Emil H., Towler, Mark Robert, Papini, Marcello
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/21314/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.11.015

It has been reported that the adhesion of bioactive glass coatings to Ti6Al4V reduces after degradation, however, this effect has not been quantified. This paper uses bilayer double cantilever (DCB) specimens to determine G IC and G IIC , the critical mode I and mode II strain energy release rates,...