PREDICTION OF TROCHANTERIC FAILURE LOAD USING THE COMBINATION OF BONE GEOMETRY AND 2D FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS FROM RADIOGRAPHS

A Finite Element Analysis for the Predic

A Finite Element Analysis for the Prediction of Load-induced Fluid Flow and Mechanochemical Transduction in Bone

✍ R. STECK; P. NIEDERER; M.L. KNOTHE TATE 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 522 KB

Interstitial fluid flow through the lacunocanalicular cavities of mechanically loaded bone provides the biophysical basis for a number of postulates regarding mechanotransduction in bone. Recently, the existence of load-induced fluid flow and its influence on molecular transport through bone has bee