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Claire Rampersadh1, Amanda M Agnew2, Skye Malcolm3
1Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
Abstract:
Rib fractures are common traumatic injuries, with links to increased morbidity and mortality. Finite element ribs from human body models have struggled to predict the force-displacement response, force and displacement at fracture, and the fracture location for isolated rib tests. In the current study, the sensitivity of a human body model rib with updated anisotropic and asymmetric material models to changes in boundary conditions, material properties, and geometry was investigated systematically to quantify contributions to response. The updated material models using uncalibrated average material properties from literature improved the force-displacement response of the model, whereas the cross-sectional geometry was the only parameter to effect fracture location. The resulting uncalibrated model with improved material models and cross-sectional geometry closely predicted experimental average force-displacement response and fracture location.
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