This study aimed at measuring the static coefficient of friction between bone and skeletal muscle tissues in order to support finite element (FE) modeling in orthopaedic and rehabilitation research, where such contact conditions need to be defined. A custom-made friction meter (FM) that employs the load cell and motion-controlled loading arm of a materials testing machine was designed for this study. The FM was used to measure between fresh ulna bones and extensor muscles surrounding the ulna, which were harvested from five young adult pigs. Mean bone-muscle were between 0.36 and 0.29, decreased with the increase in loads applied on the bone and plateaued at a mean for loads exceeding 4 N. Hence, for FE modeling of bone-muscle contacts through which loads with magnitudes of kgs to 10s-of-kgs are transferred, assuming of appears to be appropriate.
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Measurements of the Static Friction Coefficient Between Bone and Muscle Tissues
Sharon Shacham,
Sharon Shacham
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Tel Aviv University
, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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David Castel,
David Castel
Sackler Faculty of Medicine,
Tel Aviv University
, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Amit Gefen
Amit Gefen
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
e-mail: gefen@eng.tau.ac.il
Tel Aviv University
, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Sharon Shacham
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Tel Aviv University
, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
David Castel
Sackler Faculty of Medicine,
Tel Aviv University
, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Amit Gefen
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Tel Aviv University
, Tel Aviv 69978, Israele-mail: gefen@eng.tau.ac.il
J Biomech Eng. Aug 2010, 132(8): 084502 (4 pages)
Published Online: June 28, 2010
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Received:
April 24, 2010
Revised:
May 24, 2010
Posted:
May 31, 2010
Published:
June 28, 2010
Online:
June 28, 2010
Citation
Shacham, S., Castel, D., and Gefen, A. (June 28, 2010). "Measurements of the Static Friction Coefficient Between Bone and Muscle Tissues." ASME. J Biomech Eng. August 2010; 132(8): 084502. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4001893
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