Pullout performance of self-tapping medical screws

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Wu, Zhijun ^a   Nassar, Sayed A ^a   Yang, Xianjie ^a  

^a Oakland University   (United States)

Author keywords

medical screw; pullout strength; self tapping

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; BONE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; PILOT HOLES; PROPAGATION MODE; PULL-OUT STRENGTH; SELF-TAPPING; SELF-TAPPING SCREWS; SYNTHETIC BONE;

BONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

SCREWS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMPLANT; SELF TAPPING MEDICAL SCREW; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE PROSTHESIS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 83455238949     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4005172     Document Type: Article

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