Composite hip prosthesis design. I. Analysis
Articles > Article ยท 1998
Authors: Hasan YILDIZ, Sung Kyu Ha, Fu Kuo Chang
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, Scopus, 1998, vol 39, pp 92-101
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199801)39:1<92::AID-JBM12>3.0.CO;2-Q
Summary
The effect of fiber orientation of a fiber-reinforced composite femoral implant on the response of the surrounding femoral bone was studied using a three-dimensional finite element analysis. The material properties of the composite were treated as anisotropic and inhomogeneous while the properties of femoral bone were treated as anisotropic and homogenous. Numerical calculations were generated and compared with existing data and numerical results available from studies related to metal hip prostheses.