Finite element analysis of a low modulus Ti-20Zr-3Mo-3Sn alloy designed to reduce the stress shielding effect of a hip prosthesis - Laboratoire de Génie Civil et Génie Mécanique
Journal Articles Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials Year : 2024

Finite element analysis of a low modulus Ti-20Zr-3Mo-3Sn alloy designed to reduce the stress shielding effect of a hip prosthesis

Abstract

After total hip arthroplasty, the stress shielding effect can occur due to the difference of stiffness between the metallic alloy of the stems and the host bone, which may cause a proximal bone loss. To overcome this problem, a low-modulus metastable β Ti-20Zr-3Mo-3Sn alloy composition has recently been designed to be potentially used for the cementless femoral hip stems. After having verified experimentally that the β alloy has a low modulus of around 50 GPa, a finite element analysis was performed on a Ti-20Zr-3Mo-3Sn alloy hip prosthesis model to evaluate the influence of a reduced modulus on stress shielding and stress fields in both stem and bone compared with the medical grade Ti-6Al-4V alloy whose elastic modulus reached 110 GPa. Our results show that the Ti-20Zr-3Mo-3Sn stem with low elastic modulus can effectively reduce the total stress shielding by 45.5% compared to the common Ti-6Al-4V prosthesis. Moreover, it is highlighted that the material elasticity affects the stress distribution in the implant, especially near the bone-stem interfaces.

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hal-04692619 , version 1 (10-09-2024)

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Tianyu Jia, Dominique Guines, Doina-Margareta Gordin, Lionel Leotoing, Thierry Gloriant. Finite element analysis of a low modulus Ti-20Zr-3Mo-3Sn alloy designed to reduce the stress shielding effect of a hip prosthesis. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials, 2024, 157, pp.106640. ⟨10.1016/j.jmbbm.2024.106640⟩. ⟨hal-04692619⟩
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