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ARUP; ISBN: 978-0-9562121-5-3 - CMBBE 2012 - Cardiff University

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Fig 3. Schematic drawing of the stem. 3-A shows the assembly drawing of the stem. 3-<br />

B shows the exploded view of the stem<br />

4. ANALYSIS CONDITION<br />

Figure 4 shows the analysis model. The bone model used for analysis was created by<br />

digitally scanning the model bone of a proximal femur (produced by Sawbones) to<br />

reproduce the shape of the bone.<br />

The model of analysis consisted of 117,953 tetrahedral elements and 75,371 nodes. The<br />

lower end of the femur was fixed. The contact between femoral nail and the bone model,<br />

lag-screw and stem were all set to fixed. A tensile force of 1,000 N at 7.5° vertical<br />

against the greater trochanter of the femur simulated an abduction force, and a<br />

compressive force of 1,500 N at 5° perpendicular to the femoral head simulated the hip<br />

joint resultant force. Material properties from Table 1 were used for the analysis. The<br />

high elastic modulus PEEK is Pre-Preg molded to be as isotropic as possible. All tissues<br />

and materials are treated as isotropic for analysis. This analysis assumes an<br />

intertrochanteric femoral fracture of a stable type where the fracture cuts thorough the<br />

lesser trochanter to the greater trochanter (classification Evans Type-I 2) ).<br />

5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION<br />

Fig 4. Analysis condition.<br />

The stress and the strain were examined in the femoral nail made of titanium alloy has<br />

been used traditionally to treat and the original PEEK femoral nail. Analysis results<br />

shown in figure 5-7. In the strain distribution, the equivalent strain of average 7.203με<br />

(0.7%) were confirmed at the part of the Lag-screw of the femoral nail made of titanium

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