An application of beam theory to determine the stress and deformation of long bones |
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Authors: | E P Salathe G A Arangio E P Salathe |
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Institution: | Eastern Scientific and Education Foundation, Allentown, PA 18102. |
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Abstract: | We present a generalized beam theory in which deformation and load are determined simultaneously, in order to analyze statically indeterminant problems involving long bones. We regard a long bone as a beam curved in three dimensions for which the cross-sectional properties vary continuously along its length. The theory is used to determine the force, moment, deflection and twist along the fifth metatarsal when it is subjected to both a pointwise and a distributed load. |
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