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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Material properties assigned in the FEA set up in accordance with the homogeneous isotropic linear elastic material model

From: Comparison of four different screw configurations for the fixation of Fulkerson osteotomy: a finite element analysis

Material properties

Parameters

Unit

Model components

Cortical bone

Trabecular bone

Cortical screws (Ti–6Al–4 V)

Modulus of elasticity

(MPa)

19,100

1000.61

115,000

Poisson’s ratio

(−)

0.30

0.30

0.33

Density

(kg m−3)

1980

830

4500

  1. FEA finite element analysis