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Finite Element Modeling of Human
Femur Using CT Data: A Biomechanical
Analysis
Amrita Francis, Ashwani Shrivastava, Chetna Masih, Nidhi Dwivedi,
Priyanka Tiwari, Raji Nareliya and Veerendra Kumar
Abstract Biomechanics is the development, extension, and application of
mechanics for the purpose of understanding better the influence of mechanical
loads on the structure, properties, and function of living things. Biomechanics
focuses on design and analysis, each of which is the foundation of engineering. CT
scan data is widely used to make realistic investigations on the mechanical
behavior of bone structures using Finite Element Analysis (FEA). The purpose of
this paper is to create anatomically accurate, 3D finite element models of the right
human proximal femur for 17, 32, and 40-year-old-male patients using individual
CT scan data. Thus, allowing the biomechanical analysis of the male right human
proximal femur of different age groups loaded under physiologic forces at constant
angle of 28, i.e., at varying body weights of 70 and 75 kg, respectively which is
shared equally by the lower limbs, that affect femur during weight bearing acting
at different conditions and to determine the total deformation, equivalent Von-
Mises stress distribution, maximum principal stress distribution, and fatigue tool
throughout the whole femur, and comparing the results. Analysis of this model will
provide data unavailable at this time to orthopedic surgeons, engineers, and
researchers of human orthopedics.
A. Francis ( & ) A. Shrivastava N. Dwivedi P. Tiwari
Government Engineering College, Jabarlpu, MP, India
e-mail: amrita.francis21@gmail.com
V. Kumar
Government Engineering College, Jabalpur, MP, India
e-mail: prof.veerendra.kumar@gmail.com
R. Nareliya
Hitkarni College of Engineering and Technology, Jabalpur, MP, India
e-mail: raji_nareliya@yahoo.co.in
C. Masih
Government Engineering College, Gokhalpur, Jabarlpur, MP 482 011, India
e-mail: chetnamasih@gmail.com
 
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