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<p>The aim of the study was to predict the fatigue life of metallic bone plates employing SIMULIA fe-safe software. Two materials commonly used for surgical implants were subjected to investigation: 1.4441 (ASTM F138) stainless steel for implants and Ti6Al4V ELI (ASTM F136) titanium alloy. The material parameters of the two materials were determined from experimental research. Four-point bending fatigue testing was conducted on two generations of bone plates in order to allow for the comparison of the prediction results with the measured data from the experiments.</p>
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The aim of the study was to predict the fatigue life of metallic bone plates employing SIMULIA fe-safe software. Two materials commonly used for surgical implants were subjected to investigation: 1.4441 (ASTM F138) stainless steel for implants and Ti6Al4V ELI (ASTM F136) titanium alloy. The material parameters of the two materials were determined from experimental research. Four-point bending fatigue testing was conducted on two generations of bone plates in order to allow for the comparison of the prediction results with the measured data from the experiments.

The Mechanical Properties and Fatigue Prediction of a New Generation of Osteosynthesis Devices

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanics, Biomechanics and Mechatronics

Strojnícky časopis - Journal of Mechanical Engineering

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The aim of the study was to predict the fatigue life of metallic bone plates employing SIMULIA fe-safe software. Two materials commonly used for surgical...

The Mechanical Properties and Fatigue Prediction of a New Generation of Osteosynthesis Devices

Published Online: Dec 07, 2021

Page range: 101 - 108

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2021-0021

Keywords
bone plates, fatigue prediction, fe-safe, four-point bending fatigue test

© 2021 Drátovská Veronika et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Mechanical Properties and Fatigue Prediction of a New Generation of Osteosynthesis Devices

Published Online: Dec 07, 2021

Page range: 101 - 108

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2021-0021

Keywordsbone plates, fatigue prediction, fe-safe, four-point bending fatigue test

© 2021 Drátovská Veronika et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
bone plates, fatigue prediction, fe-safe, four-point bending fatigue test