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COBEM 2019
25th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
A STUDY OF THE LOAD SHARING OF KNEE LIGAMENTS
Submission Author:
Paulo Pedro Kenedi , RJ , Brazil
Co-Authors:
Juliana Emery Silva, Brenno Tavares Duarte, Rodrigo Ribeiro Pinho Rodarte, Paulo Pedro Kenedi
Presenter: Juliana Emery Silva
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2019.COB2019-1500
Abstract
The research in knee ligaments field has been developing quickly. Although this area has accumulated reasonable medical knowledge; the mechanical description of knee ligaments is still gathering contributions to generate a comprehensive knowledge about this matter. In fact, certain medical conditions could be better explained using mechanical modeling. In this work, a preliminary study is implemented to access the mechanical response of knee ligaments. In this study, four knee ligaments are used: anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), lateral collateral ligament (LCL), medial collateral ligament (MCL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL). Both analytical and numerical models were proposed. The analytical model comprehends the geometric, the constitutive and the share of loads of porcine ligaments.
Keywords
Knee, ligaments, biomechanics
