Linear and nonlinear analyses of femoral fractures: Computational/experimental study
This paper describes two new methods for computational fracture analysis of human femur using Quantitative Computed Tomography (QCT) voxel-based finite element (FE) simulation. The paper also reports comprehensive mechanical testing for validation of the methods and evaluation of the required material properties. The analyses and tests were carried out on 15 human femurs under 11 different stance-type loading orientations. Several classical forms of subcapital, transcervical, basicervical, and intertrochanteric fractures plus a specific type of subtrochanteric fracture were created and analyzed.
Source: Journal of Biomechanics - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Majid Mirzaei, Fatemeh Alavi, Farzaneh Allaveisi, Vahid Naeini, Pegah Amiri Source Type: research