FE Analysis of the Glass/Jute/Polyester Bone Plate Versus Traditional Metal Plate for Ulna Bone Fracture

Abstract

Stress shielding is a mechanical concept generally observed in fracture fixation bone plates. Distinction in material properties among the human bone and the metallic bone plates prompts to stress shielding phenomenon. In the current analysis, glass/jute/polyester and commonly used titanium were chosen as bone plate material. Ideal structure was hypothetically gotten that displays mechanical properties near to the characteristic human bone. Fracture fixation plate was intended for ulna utilizing solid works software. Finite element (FE) analysis was embraced to dissect the distribution of stress in the bone fixed with plate under static loading. Bone plate by four screws was modeled with solid works software and simulated utilizing FEA. Analysis was likewise made taking into account titanium as fixing plate and compared with the current composite material researched. Hybrid polymer matrix composite (HPMC) has demonstrated material properties near the bone contrasted with titanium. The outcomes have obviously demonstrated that the von-Mises stresses initiated in the ulna bone by HPMC plates was expanded contrasted and the bone fixed with titanium. From the current analysis, it is certainly exhibited that the hybrid composites of glass/jute/polyester can be a proper material suggestion for ulna bone fracture fixation plate with diminished stress shielding problem.