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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2019 Mar 22;95:21–33. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.03.017

Figure 4. Push out testing of open angled composites.

Figure 4.

(A) Representative load-extension curves for open-angle composites. Data shown for four testing conditions. Push-out test from a 10mm dia. defect of composites fabricated from open-angle PLA cages with fiber strut diameters of 0.7mm vs. 1.0mm (10H-1S, 10H-0.7S). Push-out test from a 9.25mm dia. defect of composites fabricated from open-angle PLA cages with fiber strut diameters of 0.7mm vs. 1.0mm (9.25H-1S, 9.25H-0.7S). (B) Average maximum load reached during push out test four all 4 test conditions. * indicates significantly (p < 0.05) higher average maximum load reached than 10mm hole. ns indicates no significance between samples. Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n=8).