scholarly journals Evaluating the effects of material properties of artificial meniscal implant in the human knee joint using finite element analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Duraisamy Shriram ◽  
Gideon Praveen Kumar ◽  
Fangsen Cui ◽  
Yee Han Dave Lee ◽  
Karupppasamy Subburaj
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Knee Joint ◽  
Material Properties ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Human Knee ◽  
Human Knee Joint

Finite element analysis of human knee joint in varus-valgus

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
MZ Bendjaballah ◽  
A Shirazi-Adl ◽  
DJ Zukor
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Knee Joint ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Human Knee ◽  
Human Knee Joint

Modeling and Finite Element Analysis of the Human Knee Joint Affected by Osteoarthritis

2014 ◽  
Vol 601 ◽  
pp. 147-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Tarniţă ◽  
Marius Catana ◽  
Dan Nicolae Tarnita
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Articular Cartilage ◽  
Knee Joint ◽  
Cartilage Damage ◽  
Von Mises Stress ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Human Knee ◽  
Biomechanical Behavior ◽  
Human Knee Joint

The paper presents a complex three-dimensional model of the human knee joint, containing bones, ligaments, menisci, tibial and femoral cartilages. To investigate the role of the articular cartilage in the developing of the osteoarthritis, to analyze and simulate the biomechanical behavior of the human knee joint, a finite element analysis was performed. The non-linearities are due to the presence of the contact elements modeled between components surfaces and to the nonlinear properties of the cartilage, applying a load of 800 N and 1500 N, for 0o in flexion. The results show that misalignment (valgus variation) could damage the articular cartilage because they increase the stress magnitude, that progressively produce articular cartilage damage and it enhances the osteoarthritis phenomenon due to mechanical factors. The displacements and the Von Mises stress distributions on the cartilage and menisci for the virtual prototype, considering an angle of 10 degrees for valgus, are presented. The obtained values are comparable with the values obtained by other authors.

Influences of Varus Tilt on the Stresses in Human Prosthetic Knee Joint

2016 ◽  
Vol 823 ◽  
pp. 143-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Calafeteanu ◽  
Daniela Tarniţă ◽  
Marius Catana ◽  
Dan Tarnita
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Knee Joint ◽  
Knee Prostheses ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Human Knee ◽  
Prosthetic Knee ◽  
Ansys Simulation ◽  
Human Knee Joint ◽  
Total Knee

In this paper the effects of varus tilt on contact stresses in the three components of total knee prostheses using 3D finite element analysis were investigated. Using Ansys simulation environment, six complex virtual models of human knee joint–prosthesis assembly obtained for six different varus tilts which increase from 176o to 191o, with an increment of 3o have been subjected to finite element analysis in order to obtain the stress maps and total displacements maps.

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