Application of bone growth factors—the potential of different carrier systems

Aim The aim of the present review was to characterize the potential of different biomaterials as carriers for bone growth factors. Introduction Beyond mechanical and structural characteristics, one of the features that account for a potential carrier is the possibility to couple growth factor molecules to it. As simple adsorption of the growth factor to the carrier surface by soak loading produces a burst release of growth factors with rapid decrease of biological activity, the ability to accomplish controlled release of functional growth factor molecules is one of the crucial characteristics for an appropriate carrier material. Conclusion The variety of carrier materials requires different strategies to either couple growth factors to the material surface or to incorporate them into the carrier matrix. The present review outlines current technical approaches and discusses future trends in the use of carrier materials for bone growth factors

Design, manufacturing and validation of a gust generator for wind tunnel test of a large scale aeroelastic model

The paper describes the design, manufacturing and test of a Gust Generator to be installed into the large Wind Tunnel of Politecnico di Milano-Italy (GVPM), used to validate load alleviation technologies implemented into scaled aeroelastic models

Wind Tunnel Experimental Validation of Future Green Regional A/C Gust Load Alleviation Control System

The paper introduces and summarizes the activity performed till now and the first achievements of EU funded project GLAMOUR. The GLAMOUR project, in response to the SP1-JTI-CS-2013-01-GRA-02-022 call, tackles the development, implementation and experimental verification of Gust Load Alleviation technologies applied to the so-called Green Regional Aircraft as reference. It is based on an extended experimental campaign carried out at POLIMI's wind tunnel on a large scale fully aeroelastic model