Analysis and validation of femur bone data using finite element method under static load condition

Author(s):  
S Mathukumar ◽  
VA Nagarajan ◽  
A Radhakrishnan

Humans face bone fracture when they unfortunately met an accident, which requires timely medical attention for healing and repairing the fractured bone; otherwise that paralyzes their life. 3D modeling technique with computational method is very helpful at the side of doctors for healing and repairing the damaged bones. Fractional bone healing is one of the natural processes, which regain the mechanical reliability of the bone to a limited level of failures. The relationship between the biology and mechanics has introduced a new branch namely biomechanics. Various biomechanics models were used to identify the fracture for different patients and helps in the fracture treatment. The aim of this work is to find out the high stress concentration area of the femur bone, which has been extracted as image from computer tomography scanner. The retrieved noise-free femur bone image is tested by the static load condition with the help of the finite element analysis. The result obtained from the testing of different loads has been compared with the existing literature. It is found that the femur bone has tensile and compressive stress, and the neck area of the femur is at a very high stress concentration. The outcome of this work is much supportive to orthopedic surgeons in femur surgery and bone prosthesis by avoiding experiments on femur bone.

1991 ◽  
Vol 113 (3) ◽  
pp. 398-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Chaaban ◽  
U. Muzzo

Due to the high stress concentration at the root of the first active thread in threaded end closures of high pressure vessels, yielding may occur in this region during the application of the first pressure cycle or proof testing. This overstraining introduces residual stresses that influence the fatigue performance of the vessel. This paper presents a parametric analysis of threaded end closures using elastic and elasto-plastic finite element solutions. The results are used to discuss the influence of these residuals on the estimated fatigue life when the vessel is subjected to repeated internal pressure. A simple empirical method to allow for the Bauschinger effect of the material is also proposed.


Author(s):  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Jianchun Fan ◽  
Laibin Zhang ◽  
Dong Wen ◽  
Yumei Wang

Corrosion-induced pits will disturb the original stress distribution of casing and appear local high stress area. Through 3-D finite element analysis on casing with spherical and cylindrical corrosion cavity, the stress concentration degree and the influences of cavity shape, size and orifice diameter on stress concentration factor are determined and analyzed. The results show that the depth and shape of corrosion cavities are major factors impacting the stress concentration factor. For the casing with corrosion pits, the smaller orifice diameter, the more obvious influence of hemisphere effect on stress concentration factor. With the transition from shallow-spherical cavity to exact hemispherical cavity or from exact hemispherical cavity to deep-spherical cavity or from exact hemispherical cavity to cylindrical cavity, the changes of stress concentration factor show different characteristics.


Author(s):  
Yuqing Liu ◽  
Philip Diwakar ◽  
Dan Lin ◽  
Ismat Eljaouhari ◽  
Ajay Prakash

High acoustic energy has the potential to cause severe Acoustic Induced Vibration (AIV) that leads to fatigue failure at high stress concentration regions such as fittings in a piping system. Sweepolet fittings have been extensively used as mitigation to counteract the risk of fatigue failure caused by AIV. The advantages of a sweepolet are its integrally reinforced contoured body and low stress concentration. However, there are inconsistencies in published standards and regarding the design limits for sweepolet subjected to AIV. In this paper, Finite Element Analysis is conducted to simulate high frequency pipe shell wall vibration caused by acoustic energy inside the pipe. Peak stress and the associated minimum fatigue life are calculated for sweepolet and sockolet under the same acoustic excitation. By comparing the stress level to that of a sockolet whose design limit to AIV had been published, the design curve and fatigue life equation for sweepolet are developed.


Author(s):  
Ajay Prakash ◽  
Philip Diwakar ◽  
Dan Lin ◽  
Paul Deane ◽  
Yuqing Liu ◽  
...  

High acoustic energy has the potential to cause severe acoustic induced vibration (AIV) that can lead to fatigue failure at high stress concentration locations (discontinuities) in a piping system. AIV at pipe junctions (Lateral, Tee, and Wye) and welded support attachments (trunnions and shoes) is evaluated using Finite Element Analysis. At different size pipe junctions, branch and header pipe shells may be subjected to different sound pressure. Also, inertia associated with different wall thickness(s) can lead to very different dynamic response of the two shell walls. The effect of these differences on AIV response is analyzed. Resulting response for different junction reinforcement designs is evaluated and compared to an unreinforced ‘stub-on’ configuration to assess the designs.


2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (3) ◽  
pp. 392-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Y. Lin ◽  
Z. P. Xiong ◽  
Y. F. Yao ◽  
Lane Tok ◽  
Z. Y. Yu ◽  
...  

There has been significant demand for stacked die technology during the past few years. The stacked die devices are mainly used in portable consumer products. This kind of silicon integration technology provides flexibility in space reduction, weight savings, and excellent electrical functionality. In this article, the stacked die construction was built into the leaded package. It was found that the test vehicles had full delamination at the lead-frame paddle/mold compound interface after 100 temperature cycles (−65°C to 150°C) with moisture preconditioning at level 3 (60°C at 60% relative humidity for 40 h) although the electrical test passed 1000 temperature cycles. The fishbone diagram was used to identify the possible failure root causes. The material, process, and design factors were extensively evaluated by the experiments and finite element analysis. The evaluation results showed that die attach paste voids were major factors affecting the package integrity and could produce the delamination initiation at the edge of the die attach paste and propagate down to the lead-frame paddle/mold compound interface due to high stress concentration and weak adhesion strength. The finite element analyses were implemented to address the stress distribution in the stacked die package and verified by the scanning acoustic microscope. It demonstrated that excellent package integrity could be obtained by applying the void-free die attach paste and improving the adhesion strength at the lead-frame paddle level.


1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. A. Badr ◽  
J. R. Sorem ◽  
S. M. Tipton

Crossbore intersections in liquid ends of positive displacement pumps (PDPs) have regions with high stress concentration. Due to the cyclic loading that occurs in most PDPs, these stress concentration points are susceptible to fatigue cracking. In order to prolong their life, the liquid ends are often overpressurized (autofrettaged), thus inducing beneficial compressive hoop stresses in these critical regions upon removal of the autofrettage pressure. This autofrettage process drives the region of high stress concentration beyond the elastic limit and well into the elastic-plastic region. Elastic-plastic stresses and strains due to loading and unloading were analyzed in crossbore geometries, with Bauschinger effect included, using 3-D finite element analysis of the liquid end. For comparison, an analytical approach was developed, based on the strain energy density criterion first proposed by Glinka. The approach was modified to include the Bauschinger effect for precise estimation of such stresses and strains. Good correlation was observed between elastic-plastic crossbore stresses and strains predicted by the analytical approach and the finite element analysis.


Author(s):  
Stefano Baratella ◽  
Dario Boote ◽  
Fabio Petrillo ◽  
Fabrizio Stefani

The action of environmental loads such as wind and waves on offshore steel structures is locally emphasized by complex tubular connections, giving place to high stress concentration in correspondence of welds between pipe elements. This phenomenon, which heavily influences the fatigue life of the joint and, as a consequence, the operability of the whole platform, can be quantified by the Stress Concentration Factor. SCF can be determined either by experimental approach, numerical analysis and parametrical formulas developed mainly in the seventies-eighties by specialized authors like Kuang, Wordsworth, Smedley and Efthymiou. Even though these formulas, quoted as reference in the main world recognized rules, represented for a long time a useful tool for the designers of most projects, some discrepancies have been found to exist among them. A research has then been jointly promoted by University of Genoa and RINA Industry in order to compare the results of the parametric formulas with those coming from a finite element analysis performed on very refined numerical models made of brick elements. In this investigation attention has been focused on Y/T type joints; a wide range of configurations has been analysed by varying the most important parameters defining the geometry of the joint. Each configuration has been loaded by axial force and in/out of plane bending moment.


2011 ◽  
Vol 462-463 ◽  
pp. 663-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruslizam Daud ◽  
Ahmad Kamal Ariffin ◽  
Shahrum Abdullah ◽  
Al Emran Ismail

This paper explores the initial potential of theory of critical distance (TCD) which offers essential fatigue failure prediction in engineering components. The intention is to find the most appropriate TCD approach for a case of multiple stress concentration features in future research. The TCD is based on critical distance from notch root and represents the extension of linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) principles. The approach is allowing possibilities for fatigue limit prediction based on localized stress concentration, which are characterized by high stress gradients. Using the finite element analysis (FEA) results and some data from literature, TCD applications is illustrated by a case study on engineering components in different geometrical notch radius. Further applications of TCD to various kinds of engineering problems are discussed.


2012 ◽  
Vol 538-541 ◽  
pp. 3253-3258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Jian Xiao

According to the results of finite element analysis (FEA), when the diameter of opening of the flat cover is no more than 0.5D (d≤0.5D), there is obvious stress concentration at the edge of opening, but only existed within the region of 2d. Increasing the thickness of flat covers could not relieve the stress concentration at the edge of opening. It is recommended that reinforcing element being installed within the region of 2d should be used. When the diameter of openings is larger than 0.5D (d>0.5D), conical or round angle transitions could be employed at connecting location, with which the edge stress decreased remarkably. However, the primary stress plus the secondary stress would be valued by 3[σ].


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