Numerical Study of Prosthetic Knee Replacement Using Finite Element Analysis

Abstract:

The knee at times undergoes a surgical process to substitute the weight-bearing surfaces of the knee joint. This procedure relieves the pain and disability around the knee joint. This research paper studied the knee arthroplasty, also referred to as knee replacement. This work was aided with computer vision for visual and accuracy. Autodesk fusion 360 and the stl files were used to generate cemented, posterior stabilised knee prosthesis and imported into the COMSOL Multiphysics software. Then, the three-dimensional models of the total knee arthroplasty (TKA) prosthetic structure are produced. The prosthetic components are modelled as linear isotropic elastic materials. Finite element (FE) simulations using COMSOL Multiphysics on a CAD model of a knee are effectuated to show the effect of several loads and strains on the knee. FE analysis of the model indicates that the orthotropic model depicts a more realistic stress distribution of the knee as it reveals the detailed anatomy of the entire knee structure. The computational results of this work displayed a fair agreement with experimental information from the literature.

• Periodical: Journal of Biomimetics, Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (Volume 44)
• Pages: 9-26
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/JBBBE.44.9
• Online since: February 2020
• Authors: Theddeus Akano*
• Keywords: COMSOL Multiphysics, Finite Element, Knee Replacement, Prosthesis

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