• Ir J Med Sci · Oct 2003

    Images from Waves--photoelastic modelling of bones. 8th Samuel Haughton Lecture, Bioengineering Section of Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland. January 2002.

    • J F Orr.
    • School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. jf.orr@qub.ac.uk
    • Ir J Med Sci. 2003 Oct 1; 172 (4): 209213209-13.

    BackgroundThis paper cites the development of the principles of photoelastic stress analysis, contemporary to the life of Samuel Haughton. Subsequent studies of bone and joint replacements are discussed, with reference to hypotheses regarding bone, including the coincidence of trabecular structure with principal stresses. Issues regarding assumptions of homogeneous and isotropic properties in photoelastic modelling are acknowledged.AimAwareness of photoelastic methods is often through the visual appeal of the coloured fringe patterns. The aim of this paper is to complement this awareness by demonstration of the quantitative analyses that may be conducted through biomechanical examples.MethodsExamples of new pseudo three-dimensional model analyses are presented together with a method for photoelastic study of cancellous bone, which entails novel procedures for preparation of replicate models and for optical evaluation of fringes.ConclusionPhotoelastic analysis offers novel solutions to studies in biomechanics, which are facilitated by contemporary modelling materials.

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