The impact of boundary conditions and mesh size on the accuracy of cancellous bone tissue modulus determination using large-scale finite-element modeling

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1159-1164

  Jacobs, C R ^a   Davis, B R ^a   Rieger, C J ^a   Francis, J J ^a   Saad, M ^b   Fyhrie, D P ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Large scale modeling; Mechanical properties; Micro CT imaging; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

FRICTIONLESS BOUNDARY CONDITION; LARGE SCALE MODELING; MESH SIZE; MICRO COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING; TRABECULAR BONE;

BONE;

ACCURACY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRUCTURE; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT BEARING;

BONE CEMENT;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE CEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORTHOPEDICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0032855086     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(99)00115-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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