Evaluation of bone plate with low-stiffness material in terms of stress distribution

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3229-3235

  Benli, Semih ^a   Aksoy, Sami ^a   Havitcioǧlu, Hasan ^a   Kucuk, Mumin ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bone plate system; Low stiffness material; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

STEEL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BONE PLATES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 55549093737     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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