Biphasic parameter determination of sheep articular cartilage from stress relaxation data using an optimized 3D FE-based method

Mechanical characteristics of hard and soft tissues are central features for the quantitative description of tissue properties. In this study, we present a biphasic 3D-FE-based method to determine the biomechanical properties of sheep stifle joint articular cartilage (load-bearing area of the medial...

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Main Authors: Reuter Thomas, Horbert Victoria, Kinne Raimund, Hurschler Christof
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Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2023-09-01
Series:Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/cdbme-2023-1096
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author Reuter Thomas
Horbert Victoria
Kinne Raimund
Hurschler Christof
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description Mechanical characteristics of hard and soft tissues are central features for the quantitative description of tissue properties. In this study, we present a biphasic 3D-FE-based method to determine the biomechanical properties of sheep stifle joint articular cartilage (load-bearing area of the medial and lateral femur condyle, n = 28) from stress relaxation indentation tests (s = 0.1 mm, t = 180 s). The FE-model computation was optimized by exploiting the axial symmetry and mesh resolution. Parameters were determined using the Levenberg-Marquardt-algorithm. Results showed significant differences between the biomechanical parameters of the lateral (n = 11) and medial (n = 17) femur condyle of the sheep stifle joint articular cartilage. R² of the fit results varied between 0.91 and 0.99. Overall values for the Young’s modulus were 1.316 ± 0.778 MPa, for the Poisson’s ratio 0.106 ± 0.088 and for the permeability 0.008 ± 0.004 mm4/Ns. Future work will focus on studying the influence of experimental settings on the results obtained with the biphasic 3D-FE-model.
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spelling doaj.art-1cd10f2956894418ae9fe5c759e45dc42023-10-30T07:58:12ZengDe GruyterCurrent Directions in Biomedical Engineering2364-55042023-09-019138338610.1515/cdbme-2023-1096Biphasic parameter determination of sheep articular cartilage from stress relaxation data using an optimized 3D FE-based methodReuter Thomas0Horbert Victoria1Kinne Raimund2Hurschler Christof3ICM-Institut Chemnitzer Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V., Otto-Schmerbach- Str. 19, 09117Chemnitz, GermanyExperimental Rheumatology Unit, Orthopedic Professorship, Jena University Hospital, Waldkliniken Eisenberg GmbH, 07607Eisenberg, GermanyExperimental Rheumatology Unit, Orthopedic Professorship, Jena University Hospital, Waldkliniken Eisenberg GmbH, 07607Eisenberg, GermanyLaboratory for Biomechanics und Biomaterials, 30625Hannover, GermanyMechanical characteristics of hard and soft tissues are central features for the quantitative description of tissue properties. In this study, we present a biphasic 3D-FE-based method to determine the biomechanical properties of sheep stifle joint articular cartilage (load-bearing area of the medial and lateral femur condyle, n = 28) from stress relaxation indentation tests (s = 0.1 mm, t = 180 s). The FE-model computation was optimized by exploiting the axial symmetry and mesh resolution. Parameters were determined using the Levenberg-Marquardt-algorithm. Results showed significant differences between the biomechanical parameters of the lateral (n = 11) and medial (n = 17) femur condyle of the sheep stifle joint articular cartilage. R² of the fit results varied between 0.91 and 0.99. Overall values for the Young’s modulus were 1.316 ± 0.778 MPa, for the Poisson’s ratio 0.106 ± 0.088 and for the permeability 0.008 ± 0.004 mm4/Ns. Future work will focus on studying the influence of experimental settings on the results obtained with the biphasic 3D-FE-model.https://doi.org/10.1515/cdbme-2023-1096articular cartilagefe-modellingstress relaxationindentationparameter identificationbiphasic theory
spellingShingle Reuter Thomas
Horbert Victoria
Kinne Raimund
Hurschler Christof
Biphasic parameter determination of sheep articular cartilage from stress relaxation data using an optimized 3D FE-based method
Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
articular cartilage
fe-modelling
stress relaxation
indentation
parameter identification
biphasic theory
title Biphasic parameter determination of sheep articular cartilage from stress relaxation data using an optimized 3D FE-based method
title_full Biphasic parameter determination of sheep articular cartilage from stress relaxation data using an optimized 3D FE-based method
title_fullStr Biphasic parameter determination of sheep articular cartilage from stress relaxation data using an optimized 3D FE-based method
title_full_unstemmed Biphasic parameter determination of sheep articular cartilage from stress relaxation data using an optimized 3D FE-based method
title_short Biphasic parameter determination of sheep articular cartilage from stress relaxation data using an optimized 3D FE-based method
title_sort biphasic parameter determination of sheep articular cartilage from stress relaxation data using an optimized 3d fe based method
topic articular cartilage
fe-modelling
stress relaxation
indentation
parameter identification
biphasic theory
url https://doi.org/10.1515/cdbme-2023-1096
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