How does the bone shaft geometry affect its bending properties?

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 463-470

  Saffar, Kaveh PourAkbar ^a   Jamilpour, Nima ^b   Rajaai, Seyed Mohammad ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SEMNAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bone geometry; Bone mechanical properties; Finite element modeling; Three point bending

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349319838     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajas.2009.463.470     Document Type: Article

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