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Department of Mechanical Engineering 31

Final year Project phase 1presentation (AUG-JUNE)2019-2020

Project Title: Fatigue Analysis of Prosthetic Femur Bone Plate used in Osteosynthesis

Guide Name Prof. VINAYAKA H L

Designation Assistant Professor

C805.1 Apply Knowledge of mathematics, Science and Engineering for Problem Analysis and Solutions.

C805.2 Identify, formulate, review research literature and analyse complex engineering problems using
principles of mathematics, science and engineering.

C805.3 Conduct Experimental Investigations and make use of Modern Tools for solving Complex
engineering problems.
C805.4 Predict and Evaluate the Solutions for complex problems considering Socio-Economic aspects
with commitment to ethical principles.

C805.5 Develop the skill of project management in a Team and effectively communicate the outcomes
with consideration of Technological changes.

C805.6 Develop the Engineering knowledge, skills and attitudes of a professional engineer.

Comments by Scrutiny Panel Members

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1. Name of Team Members
1 Name VINAY H
USN No. 1DS16ME147
Email id Vinayh227@gmail.com
Mobile No. 7676297677
2 Name ABHISHEK HP
USN No. 1DS16ME167
Email id Hpabhishek1998hp@gmail.com

Mobile No. 7349281121

3 Name NAGARJUNA CV
USN No. 1DS16ME165
Email id Nagarjunacv07@gmail.com
Mobile No. 9535634443
4 Name NIKHIL
USN No. 1DS16ME092
Email id nikhilpokalwar@gmail.com
Mobile No. 7760083832
2. Team Leader of the Project: ABHISHEK HP
3. Date of commencement of the Project: 27/09/2019
4. Probable date of completion of the project: MARCH 2020
5. Abstract;
Material fatigue is a phenomenon where structures fail when subjected to a cyclic load.
Fatigue is the most common source behind failures of mechanical structures. Surgical
implants are exposed to severe working conditions and therefore a wide range of failure
mechanisms may occur, including fatigue, corrosion, wear, fretting and combinations of
them.
The biomechanics of a plate fixation are determined first by its loading conditions
second by its configuration and third by the response of the bone to the fixation.
The S-N curve describes the relation between cyclic stress amplitude and number of cycles
to failure .The life estimation of Femur Bone plate made of different materials will be
carried out using S-N curves for different loading conditions. As the plate is subjected to
cyclic loading between a maximum load and no load, the stress was not fully reversed and
the effect of mean stress becomes significant in the calculation of the fatigue life. This
calculation includes factors such as maximum stress, stress amplitude, mean stress,equivalent
stress, with the values of the equivalent stress amplitude, the number of cycles to failure will
be evaluated from the fatigue curves. After obtaining the number of cycles to failure, the
 fatigue life can be expressed as number of days divided by loading cycles per day.
Fatigue failure:
• Fatigue failure is defined as the tendency of a material to fracture by means of
progressive brittle cracking under repeated alternating or cyclic stresses of an
intensity considerably below the normal strength.
• All structures and mechanical components that are cyclically loaded can fail by
fatigue.
• Fundamental requirements during design and manufacturing to avoid fatigue failure
are different for each different case and should be considered during the design phase.
• The stress-life (S-N method), is commonly referred to as the total life method since it
makes no distinction between initiating or growing a crack. This was the first fatigue
analysis method to be developed over 100 years ago

6. Literature survey ;

1. AUTHOR: G Chen, B Schmutz & M Wullschleger

TITLE: Computational Investigations of Mechanical Failures of Internal Plate
Fixation
YEAR:2009
RESEARCH FINDINGS: The results demonstrated the importance of the screw
positioning for the loading of the plate.The paper concludes that the rigid fixation
method resulted in serious stress concentrations in the plate, which induced fatigue
failure. The flexible fixation gave sufficient stability and was better for fracture
healing.
2. AUTHOR: P.S.R. Senthil Maharaj
TITLE: Numerical Analysis of Fractured Femur Bone with prosthetic Bone Plates
YEAR:2013
RESEARH FINDINGS: The material having the less effect of stress due to loading is
found out. . Bone plates are surgical tools, which are used to assist in the
healing of broken and fractured bones. The breaks are first set and then held in
place using bone plates in situations where casts cannot be applied to the injured
area. Bone plates are often applied to fractures occurring to facial areas such
the nose, jaw or eye sockets. Repairs like this fall into an area of medicine
known as osteosynthesis.
 3. AUTHOR: D.Amalraju, Dr.A.K.Shaik Dawood.
TITLE: Mechanical Strength Evaluation Analysis of Stainless Steel and Titanium
Locking Plate forFemur Bone Fracture
YEAR2012
Stainless Steel and Titanium .Through this static loading condition and material
comparison analysis we have found out the Titanium Implant mechanical properties is
better than Stainless Steel. The purpose of this work is to investigate the alternative
materials for human Orthopedic Implants which is Bio-Compatible. These implants
are expected to be Bio-Compatible & they should not cause inflammation or
rejection. An improved understanding of the mechanical parameters on different
alternative materials used for implants.

7. Objectives of the project:

 Geometrical Modelling of Femur Bone Plate
 Using Finite Element Method to validate benchmark
 To study the Stress distribution on the Femur Bone Plate
 Fatigue Analysis of Femur Bone Plate

8. Method and Methodology:

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Expected Outcomes of the project:
 To Study the Stress distribution in Femur Bone Plate Subjected to Fatigue Loading.
 To Study the Effect of different Material properties on Stress distribution in Femur Bone
Plate .
 By doing the analysis of different Bio-Materials, the material having a less effect of
stress due to loading is found out
 Estimation of Number of Cycles of Loading that the Femur Bone Plate can Endure.

11. References;
 Jackxander perez, Yarielaine rodriguez and Rebeca ruiz, “Biomechanics of orthopedic
fixations”. Engineering Science and Technology An International
Journal(ESTIJ),Vol.2,Issue 3,June 2012, ISSN: 2250-3498.
 Nattapon Chantarapanich, “Mechanical Evaluation of Stainless Steel and Titanium
Dynamic Hip Screws for Trochanteric Fracture”.
 Nitin Chhabra, “Finite Element Analysis Of A Test Specimen For Strength Of A Co-
Polymer Layer at a Bone-Implant Interface”,B S University of PUNE,1998 .
 Hassan FARHANGI,“Fractographic Investigation Of Failures In 316l Stainless Steel
Orthopedic Condylar Blade Plate”, School of Metallurgy and Material Engineering.
 Kanchanomai, C., Phiphobmongkol, V., and Muanjan, P. Fatigue failure of an orthopedic
implant -a locking compression plate. Engng Failure Analysis,2008,15(5), 521-530
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