The Mechanical Properties of Mimic Skin

• Published in: Applied Mechanics and Materials Vol. 899; pp. 73 - 80
• Main Authors: Manan, Nor Fazli Adull, Anirad, Nur Ani Aniqah, Mohd Nazali, Nur Nabila
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Zurich Trans Tech Publications Ltd 01.06.2020
• Subjects: Composition; Elastic properties; Elasticity; Gelatin; Hemoglobin; Materials substitution; Mechanical properties; Serum albumin; Skin; Tensile tests; Bovine Serum Albumin; Mimic Skin; Tensile; Gelatin
• ISBN: 9783035716825; 303571682X
• ISSN: 1660-9336; 1662-7482; 1662-7482
• DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.899.73

This paper focuses on the characterized of the mechanical properties and hyper elastic behavior of lab made skin. Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) combined with gelatin as a base. BSA is a plasma lead concentrations or heparin plasma which is separated from blood sample and it is not associated with significant changes in iron or hemoglobin concentrations. In general, the gelatin is widely used as the best material for skin substitution since it exhibits the characteristic of human skin. However, the lab made skin layer was made of non-halal type gelatin (Type B). The methodology process started by adding the BSA and using the type A gelatin to carry out the mechanical properties and hy-per elastic behavior of halal lab made skin layer. A uniaxial tensile test standard that being used in this study is ASTM D412. The raw data (Load-Extension) from computational was plotted on graph stress-strain. The numerical approach such as Mooney-Rivlin model and Yeoh’s model were selected to analyze a stress-stretch of composition gelatin and BSA. From the results Mooney-Rivlin model, the con-stant, C1 is in the range of (0.0187-0.0658) MPa and C2 is in the range of (0.0628-0.0737) MPa. Meanwhile the constant, CP for Yeoh model is in the range of (0.0748-0.0861) MPa. As a conclusion, the composition of gelatin and Bovine Serum Albumin is a best combina-tion as it increases the strength of the lab made skin layer. Therefore, the most suitable composition is 10 wt.% of gelatin and Bovine Serum Albumin.