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Proc Inst Mech Eng H
; 233(2): 193-206, 2019 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30565500
ABSTRACT
This article focuses on the static structural analysis of a tibial intramedullary nail, carried out by the finite element method. The investigated subject is concerned with the issue of frictional contacts that, generating a non-linear problem, play an important role in numerical analyses. Experimental tests were also developed on tibial intramedullary nail specimens. The experimental results, in terms of force-displacement, were used to calibrate and validate the finite element analysis, by tuning the contact parameters available in the software.