"Evaluate the mechanical environment in the femur after muscle and ligament structures have been included"
Aim 1
Identify muscles relating to our research and develop an understanding of their geometry and properties.
Objectives
- Find journals relating to the our subject.
- Identify all relative muscles to knee movement.
- Undertstand their properties to allow us to model their forces and position accurately.
Aim 2
Use Opensim program to find out the forces relating to various movements of the leg.
Objectives- Understand Opensim and how it works.
- Utilise Opensim to help define muscle geometry.
- Use the program to produce the muscle forces for knee movements.
- Comparison or muscle forces with the FE model.
Aim 3
Use Abaqus to create a simplified 3D model of the femur with muscles attached.
Objectives- Ensure that the correct boundary conditions have been applied.
- Ensure that the model reaches converges with muscles attached.
- Analyse the resultant stresses and forces from the model.