Assessment of function-graded materials as fracture fixation bone-plates under combined loading conditions using finite element modelling

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 456-463

  Fouad, H ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Engineering Department   (Egypt)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

FG PLATE; FINITE ELEMENT; SS; STRESS SHIELDING; TI; TORSIONAL LOADS;

ABAQUS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; MODELS; SHIELDING; STAINLESS STEEL; STRUCTURAL LOADS; SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

BONE;

STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE STRESS; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; LOADING TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; WEIGHT BEARING;

BONE AND BONES; BONE PLATES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 79953308448     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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