Journal of Mechanical Engineering (Nov 2021)

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

  • Veronika Drátovská,
  • Radek Sedláček,
  • Zdeněk Padovec,
  • Pavel Růžička,
  • Adam Kratochvíl

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2021-0021
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 71, no. 2
pp. 101 – 108

Abstract

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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.

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