Biomechanical evaluation of different strain judging criteria on the prediction precision of cortical bone fracture simulation under compression

Abstract

Introduction: The principal strain or equivalent strain is mainly used in current numerical studies to determine the mechanical state of the element in the cortical bone finite element model and then perform fracture simulation. However, it is unclear which strain is more suitable for judging the element mechanical state under different loading conditions due to the lack of a general strain judging criterion for simulating the cortical bone fracture.Methods: This study aims to explore a suitable strain judging criterion to perform compressive fracture simulation on the rat femoral cortical bone based on continuum damage mechanics. The mechanical state of the element in the cortical bone finite element model was primarily assessed using the principal strain and equivalent strain separately to carry out fracture simulation. The prediction accuracy was then evaluated by comparing the simulated findings with different strain judging criteria to the corresponding experimental data.Results: The results showed that the fracture parameters predicted using the principal strain were closer to the experimental values than those predicted using the equivalent strain.Discussion: Therefore, the fracture simulation under compression was more accurate when the principal strain was applied to control the damage and failure state in the element. This finding has the potential to improve prediction accuracy in the cortical bone fracture simulation.

Effects of different running intensities on the micro-level failure strain of rat femoral cortical bone structures: a finite element investigation

“…First, the longitudinal and transverse tissue-level elastic moduli of the corresponding rat femoral cortical bone samples have been measured by previous nanoindentation test, as shown in Table 4 [ 22 ]. The poisson's ratio was set to 0.3 [ 1 , 14 ]. Additionally, the ratio of critical tensile to compressive failure strain of the cortical bone material was set to 0.6 according to the literature [ 35 , 36 ].…”

“…For example, the mechanical stimuli of running did not change the tissue-level elastic modulus and hardness but improved the microstructural morphology [ 12 ]. The main reason for this phenomenon is that cortical bone is hierarchical with its overall mechanical response being influenced by the interplay of its structure and material composition at different levels [ 13 , 14 ]. Thus, mastering the changes in mechanical parameters at different levels is necessary to investigate the effects of different running intensities on the mechanical properties of cortical bone.…”