Inhomogeneous, orthotropic material model for the cortical structure of long bones modelled on the basis of clinical CT or density data

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 198, Issue 27-29, 2009, Pages 2167-2174

  Schneider, Ralf ^a   Faust, Gunter ^a   Hindenlang, Ulrich ^b   Helwig, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b LASSO Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer tomography; Cortical bone; Finite element analysis; Orthotropic material

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHTS; BONE MATERIALS; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL STRUCTURES; DENSITY DATUM; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DENSITY FIELDS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FIELD VALUES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT CALCULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENTS; LOCAL VARIATIONS; LONG BONES; MUSCLE FORCES; ORTHOTROPIC ELASTICITIES; ORTHOTROPIC MATERIAL; ORTHOTROPY; STABILISATION;

BONE; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MATERIALS; MUSCLE; TOMOGRAPHY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 64749083649     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2009.02.010     Document Type: Review

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