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Failure analysis of stainless steel femur fixation plate
1AMREC, SIRIM Berhad, Lot 34, Jalan Hi-Tech 2/3, Kulim Hi-Tech, 09000 Kulim, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia.
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
|October 8, 2004
Abstract:
Failure analysis was performed to investigate the failure of the femur fixation plate which was previously fixed on the femur of a girl. Radiography, metallography, fractography and mechanical testing were conducted in this study. The results show that the failure was due to the formation of notches on the femur plate. These notches act as stress raisers from where the cracks start to propagate. Finally fracture occurred on the femur plate and subsequently, the plate failed.
