Site-Specific Quality Assessment of Trabecular Bone Using Highly Nonlinear Solitary Waves

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Abstract

We present a numerical study of highly nonlinear solitary wave interaction with adjacent bone microstructures towards the development of a novel diagnostic scheme for site-specific bone quality assessment. High-resolution finite-element models of the trabecular bone microstructures in the femoral head are generated using a topology optimization-based bone microstructure reconstruction scheme. Using the finite-element models, a hybrid finite-element/discrete-element method is developed to examine the characteristic features of the reflected highly nonlinear solitary waves in a granular chain with adjacent damaged bone microstructure models for the prediction of partial fracture due to the development of osteoporosis.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publicationEuropean Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring - Special Collection of 2020 Papers - Volume 1
EditorsPiervincenzo Rizzo, Alberto Milazzo
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages893-901
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783030645939
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
EventEuropean Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, EWSHM 2020 -
Duration: 6 Jul 20209 Jul 2020

Publication series

NameEuropean Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring - Special Collection of 2020 Papers - Volume 1
Volume127
ISSN (Print)2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)2366-2565

Conference

ConferenceEuropean Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, EWSHM 2020
Period6/07/209/07/20

Keywords

  • Bone reconstruction
  • Finite elements
  • Granular crystal
  • Non-destructive evaluation
  • Osteoporosis
  • Topology optimization

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