Effect of strain rate and temperature on elastic properties of PCL/starch

Nor, F.; Lee, H.; Lim, J.; Kurniawan, Denni

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Authors

Nor, F.

Lee, H.

Lim, J.

Kurniawan, Denni

Date

2012

Type

Conference Paper

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Citation

Nor, F. and Lee, H. and Lim, J. and Kurniawan, D. 2012. Effect of strain rate and temperature on elastic properties of PCL/starch, pp. 35-38.

Source Title

8th Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials 2012, ACCM 2012 - Composites: Enabling Tomorrow's Industry Today

ISBN

9781629930664

School

Curtin Malaysia

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67577

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

Biomaterials for tissue engineering scaffolds are subjected to loading at various strain rates at body temperature. Polymeric based biomaterials used for this purpose often have low melting temperature, potentially compromises their mechanical properties during use. In this study, blend of polycaprolactone and 10 wt% starch was prepared. Tensile tests at various strain rates and temperatures were performed, focusing on its properties within small strain of elastic region. Strain rate and temperature were found to readily give significant effects to the blend's strength and stiffness. © 2012 by Asian-Australian Association for Composite Materials (AACM).