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. 2020 Mar 28;13(7):1564. doi: 10.3390/ma13071564

Table 8.

Mechanical properties of the materials.

Materials Compressive Strength (MPa) Tensile Strength (MPa) Bending Strength (MPa)
Previous Studies
Polylactic acid: PLA 18–93 [64] 46–66 [64] 97 [65]
Polycaprolactone: PCL 11.9–15.9 [66,67] 16 [68] 29 [65]
Hydroxyapatite: HA 174 [69] 50 [70] -
Cortical bone 90–200 [71] 52 [70] 51 [70]
Cancellose bone 7–16 [72,73] 7.4 [70] -
PLA filament - 59.51 [40] -
PLA 3D-Printed 85.72 ± 4.43 [42] 65.49 [40] 102.20 [40]
PLA/5HA 3D-Printed 86.03 ± 7.00 [42] - -
PLA/15HA 3D-Printed 85.66 ± 5.77 [42] - -
PLA/PCL/TiO2 3D-Printed - 45 [60] -
Current Study
PLA/PCL filament - 51.27 ± 1.51 -
PLA/PCL/5HA filament - 49.02 ± 2.13 -
PLA/PCL/15HA filament - 45.73 ± 1.15 -
PLA/PCL 3D-Printed 76.85 ± 3.16 62.97 ± 4.31 103.44 ± 2.23
PLA/PCL/5HA 3D-Printed 81.14 ± 2.64 57.47 ± 2.01 101.21 ± 7.73
PLA/PCL/15HA 3D-Printed 82.72 ± 1.76 52.05 ± 2.44 101.10 ± 4.97