%0 Journal Article
%T Experimentally validated structural finite element method analysis of a tibial intramedullary nail: Optimal choice of the contact settings
%A D Croccolo
%A F Robusto
%A G Olmi
%A M De Agostinis
%A S Fini
%A S Funaioli
%J Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine
%@ 2041-3033
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0954411918819111
%X 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¨Cdisplacement, were used to calibrate and validate the finite element analysis, by tuning the contact parameters available in the software
%K Intramedullary nails
%K finite element analysis
%K contact parameters
%K normal stiffness factor (fkn)
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0954411918819111