Application of Finite Element Method in Arthroplasty Biomechanics

Dear Colleagues,

FE method has reached significant milestones in scientific research regarding biomedical and biomechanics applications. Many papers have been published regarding complex human joints and bones implanted with prosthesis screws, or simply analyzed from a kinetic or kinematic point of view, showing significant correspondence with reality. FE models are becoming increasingly complex, including interfaces, contacts, material laws, time-variable forces and constraints, and the typology of numerical analyses. In order to ensure reasonable results, all these variables must be well considered. This implies a multidisciplinary approach using other traditional tools to develop numerical inputs or calibrate the obtained results. Many relevant achievements have been obtained in designing implants, prosthesis, screws etc. Among other advantages, FE method can furnish a complete landscape, which no other kind of investigation can provide, of all the main physical quantities. Moreover, numerical techniques manage in real time the work in progress, without involving human patients or very complicated testing machines. This Special Issue aims to evidence, through multidisciplinary approaches, how investigations carried out on the Application of Finite Element Method in Arthroplasty Biomechanics can produce relevant and needed results in this field.

Dr. Vincenzo Filardi
Guest Editor

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