Effects of the bone-plate material and the presence of a gap between the fractured bone and plate on the predicted stresses at the fractured bone

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 783-789

  Fouad, H ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Faculty of Engineering at Helwan University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bone plate; FG plate; Finite element; SS; Stress shielding; Ti

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SHIELDING; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

3D FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; BONE PLATE; FG PLATES; FRACTURED BONES; STRESS SHIELDING; TI ALLOYS; VON MISES STRESS;

FRACTURE;

BIOMATERIAL; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 77955268804     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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