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Fig. 7.5 Evolution of the medium apparent density in the square bone patch (Lotz material law,
regular nodal distribution and anisotropic material properties) [
1
]
material,
Sect. 6.2.1
. The two distinct nodal distributions presented in Fig.
7.1
b, c
are considered and the same remodelling criterion expressed by Eq.
6.22
is
assumed. Therefore, the same four distinct a parameters: a ΒΌ
f
0
:
1
;
0
:
05
;
0
:
02
;
0
:
01
g
are considered, being b = a. The results obtained with the
uniform
nodal
distribution
are
presented
in
Fig.
7.5
.
In
Fig.
7.6
the
results
regarding the irregular nodal distribution are presented.
Using the material law of Lotz it is visible a slight difference between the
results
obtained
considering
the
regular
nodal
distribution
and
the
solution
