Finite element modelling of a unilateral fixator for bone reconstruction: Importance of contact settings

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 461-467

  Karunratanakul, Kavin ^a   Schrooten, Jan ^a   Van Oosterwyck, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bone engineering; Bone fracture healing; External fixator; Finite element analysis; Mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

BONE ENGINEERING; BONE FRACTURE; BONE RECONSTRUCTION; CONTACT INTERFACE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FE MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; IN-VITRO; MECHANICAL TESTS; POROUS SCAFFOLD; SEGMENTAL BONE DEFECT;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; FORECASTING; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; REFINING; SCAFFOLDS; STIFFNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE REMODELING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FIXATION DEVICE; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77952876793     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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