Abstract: Results of the direct in vitro measurement of the full three-dimensional representation of the patellofemoral contact force and the point of application on the patella of the resultant contact ...

Abstract: A comparative study of four different muscle models in a musculoskeletal motion problem is made. The models vary in complexity from the simple input-output model to the more complex model of ...

Abstract: An experimental study examined the tensile stress-strain behavior of cortical bone during rapid load cycles to high strain amplitudes. Machined bovine and human cortical bone samples were subjected ...

Abstract: To describe the time-dependent nonlinear tensile behavior observed in experimental studies of cortical bone, a damage model was developed using two internal state variables (ISV’s). One ISV is ...

Abstract: A computational method has been developed to obtain numerical results in the stress analysis of adaptive elastic materials. The method is based on a 3-dimensional finite element model that can ...