Mechanical behavior and numerical analysis of corrugated wire mesh laminates

The objective is to show a possibility of corrugated wire mesh laminate (CWML) structure for bone application. CWML is a part of open-cell structures with low density and high strength built with bonded mesh layers. Specimens of CWML made of 316 stainless steel woven meshes with 0.22 mm wire diameter and 0.95 mm mesh aperture, bonded by transit liquid phase (TLP) at low temperatures, were fabricated and tested under quasi-static conditions to determine their compressive behavior with varying numbers of layers of the sample. The finite element software was used to model the CWML and studied their response to mechanical loading. Then, the numerical model was confirmed by the tested sample. Consequently, CWML specimens were reasonably matched with the human tibia bone ranged over apparent density from 0.05 to 0.08 g/cm(3) in Young's modulus and from 0.05 to 0.11 g/cm(3) in compressive yield strength. The CWML model can have the potential for bone application.