In this paper, a meshless method based on the kernel particle approximation is employed for the simulation of the human proximal femur. The proposed formulation considers treatments of nonconvex boundaries and material discontinuities in the bone structure. A preprocessor is developed for the generation of the discretized scatter particles model. Application examples were employed to explore certain stress distribution phenomena in the human proximal femur with consideration for the detrimental effects of infarction as well as aging. The effects of stress variations were also examined exposing some very interesting biomechanical features.

have been so grateful to have a supervisor who cared so much about my work, and who responded to my questions and queries so promptly. I would also like to thank the Division of Mathematical Sciences at Nanyang Technological University, not only for providing the funding which allowed me to undertake this research, but also for giving me the opportunity to attend conferences and meet so many interesting people. Finally, I would like to thank my family for always being there and believing in me. Completing this work would have been all the more difficulty were it not for the support and care provided by them.

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