Material Properties of Selected Prosthetic Laminates

In Brief To initiate a database on material properties of typical laminations used in prosthetic limb sockets, the authors subjected samples of common prosthetic laminations to tensile and bending tests. Eight varieties of lay-up materials (fibers) were each laminated separately with one of three common resins (matrix), resulting in 24 combinations of fiber/resin laminates. In addition to composition, the bending responses of various carbon...