Title: Some applications of the finite-element method in biomechanical stress analyses

Authors: T.J. Reiter, H.J. Bohm, W. Krach, M. Pleschberger, F.G. Rammerstorfer

Addresses: Institute of Lightweight Structures and Aerospace Engineering, Vienna Technical University, A-1040 Vienna, Austria. ' Institute of Lightweight Structures and Aerospace Engineering, Vienna Technical University, A-1040 Vienna, Austria. ' Institute of Lightweight Structures and Aerospace Engineering, Vienna Technical University, A-1040 Vienna, Austria. ' Institute of Lightweight Structures and Aerospace Engineering, Vienna Technical University, A-1040 Vienna, Austria. ' Institute of Lightweight Structures and Aerospace Engineering, Vienna Technical University, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

Abstract: The Finite Element Method (FEM) has become a widely used tool in biomechanical investigations, especially of the mechanical behaviour of bones and bone-implant systems. The present contribution shows some developments and modelling techniques for the application of the FEM in the assessment of designs of prostheses and implants by computational simulation of their mechanical interaction with bone. Such evaluations must be performed with respect to specific criteria, such as well posed configurations for healing after surgery, avoidance of pain during usage, stability with respect to bone remodelling and functional adaptation, and physiologically admissible stresses.

Keywords: biomechanics; bone remodelling; finite element method; FEM; prosthetics; biomechanical stress analysis; physiological stress.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.1994.062527

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 1994 Vol.7 No.3/4/5/6, pp.233 - 241

Published online: 09 Jun 2014 *

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