A numerical approach to evaluate the fatigue life of monolimb

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 290-296

  Chen, Nian Zhong ^a   Lee, Winson C C ^a   Zhang, Ming ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fatigue life; Finite element analysis; Monolimb; Reliability analysis; The statistical Miner's rule

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GAIT ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS;

CYCLING LOADS; MONOLIMB; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; THE STATISTICAL MINER'S RULE;

PROSTHETICS;

ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS; WALKING;

AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 31744436233     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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