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[2018-Vol.15-Issue 4]Biomechanical Optimization of Elastic Modulus Distribution in Porous Femoral Stem for Artificial Hip Joints
发布时间： 2018-09-03 11:18  点击：2192
Journal of Bionic Engineering
Volume 15, Issue 3, May 2018, Pages 693-702 .
 
Changning Sun1, Ling Wang1, Jianfeng Kang1, Dichen Li1*, Zhongmin Jin1,2
1. State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing System Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 
Xi’an 710054, China
2. School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Abstract  Long-term loosening is the major cause of failure of arthroplasty. One of the major causes is stress shielding, initiated by the large stiffness difference between prosthesis and bone tissue. Therefore, prosthesis with reduced stiffness properties to match those of the bone tissue may be able to minimize such a problem. Design with porous structure is believed to reduce the stiffness of the prosthesis, however at the cost of decreased strength. In this study, a patient-specific bone-implant finite element model was developed for contact mechanics study of hip joint, and algorithms were developed to adjust the elastic modulus of elements in certain regions of the femoral stem, until optimal properties were achieved according to the pre-defined criterions of the strength and stability of the system. The global safety factor of the optimized femoral stem was 11.3, and 26.4% of elements were designed as solid. The bone volume with density loss was reduced by 40% compared to the solid stem. The methodology developed in this study provides a universal method to design a patient-specific prosthesis with a gradient modulus distribution for the purposes of minimizing the stress shielding effect and extending the lifespan of the implant.
Key words： finite element analysis      elastic modulus distribution      porous prosthesis      femoral stem      stress shielding     

Full text is available at :https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42235-018-0057-1

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