Failure load prediction of metastatic femur: numerical modeling and mechanical characterization
Résumé
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of changing the constitutive law of metastatic and surrounding bone tissues in FE models on the predicted failure load. In this context, we proposed an experimental protocol to locally characterize the mechanical properties of metastatic and surrounding bone tissues, with the aim of incorporating them into FE models of metastatic femurs.