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Advanced Material Modeling in a Virtual Biomechanical Knee
softwaremedicallife sciencesFor clinicians and medical device manufacturers, in-vitro and in-vivo testing of the knee are important methods for evaluating treatment techniques. However, numerical...
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Biomechanical study of a drop foot brace
softwaremedicallife sciencesA person specific drop foot brace was simulated in the commercial finite element code Abaqus.The geometry was imported from a 3D optical scan of the actual surface and...
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Bone Remodeling Response During Mastication on Free-End Removable Prosthesis...
softwaremedicallife sciencesAn understanding of functional responses in oral bone is a crucial component of dental biomechanics. The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of an...
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Ceramic Total Hip Liner Fracture Modeling in Abaqus using co-Simulation and...
softwaremedicallife sciencesDue to concerns over particle generation in conventional metal-on-polyethylene hip bearings used in total hip arthroplasty (THA), interest in advanced low-wear bearing...
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Design optimization in vibro-acoustic design of hearing instruments
softwaremedicallife sciencesIn the design of hearing instruments it is important to achieve as high gain as possible without causing oscillation in the device, due to feedback between the microphones...
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Fatigue Life Estimation of Nitinol Medical Devices
softwaremedicallife sciencesStents have been used in the treatment of coronary artery disease for decades, and their use in the peripheral arterial vasculature is growing rapidly. Mechanical loads...
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FEA of a proximal humerus fracture with a fixation plate
softwaremedicallife sciencesThe fracture of the proximal humerus is the second most common injury to the upper extremity. In severe fractures, surgery may be necessary which can be in the form of a...
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FEA of Prosthetic Lens Insertion During Cataract Surgery
softwaremedicallife sciencesCataract surgery is the most common surgery in America today. Modern surgeries require the opacified crystalline lens to be removed and for a prosthetic lens to be inserted...
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Fracture analysis of the battery cans for Implantable Pulse Generators
softwaremedicallife sciencesThe stresses in a battery housing used in Implantable Pulse Generators (IPGs), also known as pacemakers, were investigated using Abaqus/Standard. There were three levels of...
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Interaction between Short Surface Cracks and Residual Stress Field in Shot...
softwaremedicallife sciencesTo enhance the fatigue life of metal components, frequently compressive stress is introduced to the surface layer. Although procedures such as shot peening have been...
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Investigation of Interaction between Guidewire and Native Vessel Using Finite...
softwaremedicallife sciencesEndovascular aneurysm repair involves insertion of an introductory component called guidewire through native vessels to help with the guidance of the delivery catheter....
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Material Modeling of Polylactide
softwaremedicallife sciencesComputational modeling of stents can provide insight into critical locations (high stress/strain regions), help with design iterations/optimization, and reduce the need for...
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Modeling Respiratory Motion for Cancer Radiation Therapy Based on...
softwaremedicallife sciencesPrediction of respiratory motion has the potential to substantially improve cancer radiation therapy. A nonlinear finite element (FE) model of respiratory motion during full...
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Numerical Study of Metal Fatigue in a Superelastic Anchoring Stent Embedded...
softwaremedicallife sciencesIn this study we compare various way of quantifying high cycle radial fatigue behavior in a percutaneous Mitral repair device using Goodman methods. In order to provide an...
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Optimization Module for Abaqus/CAE based on Genetic Algorithm
softwaremedicallife sciencesGenetic algorithms have become one of successful tools in design and topology optimization. The optimization module based on genetic algorithms was developed and employed in...
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Periprosthetic stress shielding in patello-femoral arthroplasty: a numerical...
softwaremedicallife sciencesTotal knee replacement gives proven good results for isolated patello-femoral osteoarthritis, but patello-femoral arthroplasty may be more appropriate because only the joint...
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Simulation of Lumbar Spine Biomechanics Using Abaqus
softwaremedicallife sciencesBiomechanics testing of the lumbar spine, using cadaveric specimens, has the advantage of using actual tissue, but has several disadvantages including variability between...
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Isight-Abaqus Optimization of a Ring-Stiffened Cylinder
softwaremedicallife sciencesElectric Boat’s design process involves evaluating the structural stability of ring-stiffened cylinder structures through finite element analyses to simulate a static...
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Simulation of Multi-Pass Welds Using ABAQUS 2D Weld GUI and Comparison with...
softwaremedicallife sciencesThe modelling of welds is desirable to predict the distortion of components during manufacture, the position and magnitude of peak residual stresses and to predict...
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Nonlinear Micro Finite Element Analysis of Human Trabecular Bone
softwaremedicallife sciencesTrabecular bone must withstand the loads that arise during daily activities as well as those due to trauma. Investigation of the mechanical properties of trabecular bone...
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