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  • three-dimensional finite element analysis
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  • three-dimensional finite element model
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  • three-dimensional finite element models
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    Effects of splinted prosthesis supported a wide implant or two implants: a three-dimensional finite element analysis

    CLINICAL ORAL IMPLANTS RESEARCH, Issue 4 2005
    Heng-Li Huang
    Abstract Objectives: Three-dimensional finite element (FE) models of splinted prosthetic crowns were studied and stress analyses were evaluated with different types of implant support, including standard, wide or two implant(s) for partial, posterior edentulous restorations. Material and methods: The FE models were constructed based on a cadaver mandible containing the 2nd premolar and the 1st molar. The crowns of these two teeth were modeled as connected and disconnected to mimic the splinted and non-splinted designs, respectively. One standard implant was placed at the premolar region, while three types of implant support, one at a time (the standard implant, wide implant and two implants), were used to support the molar crown. A 100 N oblique load was applied to the buccal cusp on each crown. The FE simulation was validated experimentally via strain gauge measurement. Results: The experimental data were well correlated with the FE predictions (r2=0.97). When compared with the standard implant used in the molar area, the wide implant and two implants reduced the peak stress in crestal bone by 29,37% for both splinted and non-splinted cases. Inserting the standard implant into both the premolar and molar area, the bone stresses were identical for splinted and non-splinted designs. However, splinting the adjacent crowns has shown to decrease the bone stresses at the premolar region by 25%, while the wide implant or two implants were placed at the molar region. Conclusion: The biomechanical advantages of using the wide implant or two implants are almost identical. The benefit of load sharing by the splinted crowns is notable only when the implants on the premolar and molar regions have different supporting ability. Résumé Des modèles d'éléments finis (FE) tridimensionnels de couronnes prothétiques attachés ont étéétudiés et les analyses de stress ont étéévalués avec différents types de support d'implants comprenant le standard, le large ou deux implants pour des restaurations postérieures partielles. Les modèles FE ont été construits sur base de mandibule de cadavre contenant deux prémolaires et une molaire. Les couronnes de ces deux dents ont été modelées comme connectées et non-connectées pour mimer respectivement les modèles avec attache ou sans. Un implant standard a été placé dans la région prémolaire tandis que trois types d'implants supportaient en un temps (l'implant standard, l'implant large et deux implants) ont été utilisés pour porter la couronne molaire. Une charge oblique de 100 N a été appliquée sur la cuspide vestibulaire de chaque couronne. La simulation FE a été validée expérimentalement via une mesure par jauge de force. Les données expérimentales étaient en bonne corrélation avec les prévisions FE (r2=0,97). Comparés à l'implant standard utilisé dans la zone molaire, l'implant large et la combinaison de deux implants réduisait le pic de stress dans l'os crestal de 29 à 37% tant dans les cas attachés que non-attachés. En insérant l'implant standard dans la zone prémolaire et molaire, le stress osseux était identique pour les modèles attachés et non-attachés. Cependant, l'attache reliant les couronnes adjacentes s'accompagnait d'une dimininution des stress osseux dans la région prémolaire de 25%, tandis que l'implant large ou les deux implants étaient placés dans la région molaire. Les avantages biomécaniques de l'utilisation d'un implant large ou de deux implants sont quasi identiques. Le bénéfice d'une charge partagée par les couronnes solidarisées n'est visible que lorsque les implants des régions prémolaires et molaires ont des capacités de support différentes. Zusammenfassung Ziel: Bei der Rekonstruktion von Lücken im hinteren Seitenzahnbereich untersuchte man in einem dreidimensionalen Finiteelement-Modell (FE) zementierte Kronen und wertete in Belastungs-Analysen verschiedene Implantatabstützungen aus, nämlich auf Standardimplantaten, Wide neck-Implantaten oder auf zwei Implantaten. Material und Methoden: Das FE-Modell basierte auf den Werten eines Leichenunterkiefers in der Region des zweiten Prämolaren und ersten Molaren. Die Kronen auf diesen beiden Zähne wurden jeweils zusammenhängend und einzeln modelliert, so dass man die verblockte und unverblockte Situation nachempfinden konnte. In der Prämolarenregion implantierte man ein Standartimplantat. In der Molarenregion wählte man jeweils eine von drei verschiedenen Varianten der Abstützung für die Kronen: ein Standardimplantat, ein Wide neck-Implantat oder zwei Implantate. Auf den buccalen Höcker jeder Krone liess man schräg eine Kraft von 100 N auftreffen. Die FE-Simulation eichte man experimentell mit Hilfe von Dehnmessstreifen. Resultate: Die experimentellen Daten korrelierten sehr gut mit den FE-Voraussagen (r2=0.97). Verglich man die in der Molarenregion verwendeten Standartimplantate mit den Wide neck-Implantaten und zwei Implantaten, so reduzierte sich die Spitzenbelastung im crestalen Knochen um 29,37%, bei den verblockten wie auch bei den unverblockten Versionen. Setzte man sowohl im Prämolaren wie auch im Molarengebiet Standardimplantate, so war die Knochenbelastung für die verblockte wie auch für die unverblockte Version gleich gross. Wenn aber das Wide neck-Implantat oder zwei Implantate in der Molarenregion gesetzt worden waren, so vermochte die Verblockung der Implantat-Kronen die Knochenbelastung in der Prämolarenregion um 25% zu senken. Zusammenfassung: Ob man das Wide neck-Implantat oder zwei Implantate verwendet, die biomechanischen Vorteile sind beinahe identisch. Man erreicht durch das Verblocken von Kronen erst dann einen spürbaren Vorteil bezüglich Lastenverteilung, wenn die Implantate in der Prämolaren- und Molarenregion verschiedene Tragfähigkeiten aufweisen. Resumen Objetivos: Se estudiaron modelos tridimensionales de elementos finitos (FE) de coronas protésicas y se evaluó el análisis de estrés con diferentes tipos de soporte implantario, incluyendo implantes estándar, anchos o dos implantes, para restauraciones parciales en posteriores edéntulos. Material y métodos: Se construyeron dos modelos FE basados en mandíbula de cadáver conteniendo el 2° premolar y el 1er molar. Las coronas de estos dos dientes se modelaron como conectadas y desconectadas para imitar los diseños conectados y desconectados, respectivamente. Se colocó un implante estándar en la región premolar, mientras que para soportar la corona molar se colocaron tres tipos de implantes, uno a la vez, (un implante estándar, un implante ancho y dos implantes). Se aplicó una carga oblicua de 100N en la cúspide bucal de cada corona. La simulación de elementos finitos se validó experimentalmente por medio de medición de tensión. Resultados: Los datos experimentales se correlacionaron bien con las predicciones FE (r2=0.97). Al comparase a los implantes estándar usados en el área molar, el implante ancho y dos implantes redujeron el pico de estrés en el hueso crestal en un 29,37% tanto para los caso ferulizados como para los no ferulizados. Al insertar el implante estándar tanto en la región premolar como en la molar, los estrés óseos fueron idénticos para los diseños ferulizados como para los no ferulizados. De todos modos, la ferulización de las coronas adyacentes mostró un descenso del estrés óseo en un 25%, mientras el implante ancho o los dos implantes se colocaron en la región molar. Conclusión: Las ventajas biomecánicas de usar el implante ancho o dos implantes fueron casi idénticas. El beneficio de compartir la carga al ferulizar las coronas es notable solo cuando los implantes en las regiones premolar y molar tienen diferente capacidad de soporte. [source]

    Three-dimensional finite elements for the analysis of soil contamination using a multiple-porosity approach

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS, Issue 7 2006
    Abbas El-Zein
    Abstract A three-dimensional finite-element model of contaminant migration in fissured clays or contaminated sand which includes multiple sources of non-equilibrium processes is proposed. The conceptual framework can accommodate a regular network of fissures in 1D, 2D or 3D and immobile solutions in the macro-pores of aggregated topsoils, as well as non-equilibrium sorption. A Galerkin weighted-residual statement for the three-dimensional form of the equations in the Laplace domain is formulated. Equations are discretized using linear and quadratic prism elements. The system of algebraic equations is solved in the Laplace domain and solution is inverted to the time domain numerically. The model is validated and its scope is illustrated through the analysis of three problems: a waste repository deeply buried in fissured clay, a storage tank leaking into sand and a sanitary landfill leaching into fissured clay over a sand aquifer. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

    An experimentally calibrated finite element study of maxillary trauma

    DENTAL TRAUMATOLOGY, Issue 5 2007
    Michael J Casas
    Abstract,,, A baseball injury to an instrumented human cadaver maxillae was simulated with a regulation (142 g) baseball traveling at 14 m s,1. Measurements of strain were obtained with three-axis strain gauge rosettes located at the medial palate and both canine fossae. A three-dimensional finite element (FE) model of a dentate human maxilla was constructed from computed tomography scans of the skull of an adolescent. This three-dimensional mathematical model of the maxilla was deemed geometrically accurate by convergence testing when the model's degrees of freedom approximated 74 000. The simulated load case involved a transient dynamic impact to the medial maxilla with boundary conditions imposed at skeletal buttresses of the model. The model was calibrated through direct comparison with the displacements and principal strains gathered from experimental and epidemiological data. The comparison of experimental and calculated principal strains as a result of the simulated impacts revealed a 1.7,11.4% difference. [source]

    Fatigue crack growth and life prediction of a single interference fitted holed plate

    FATIGUE & FRACTURE OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES, Issue 10 2010
    T. N. CHAKHERLOU
    ABSTRACT To understand the different aspects of fatigue behaviour of complex structural joints it will be much helpful if the effects of different parameters are studied separately. In this article, to study the isolated effect of interference fit on fatigue life a pined hole specimen is investigated. This specimen is a single-holed plate with an oversized pin which force fitted to the hole. The investigation was carried out both experimentally and numerically. In the experimental part, interference fitted specimens along with open hole specimens were fatigue tested to study the experimental effect of the interference fit. In the numerical part, three-dimensional finite element (FE) simulations have been performed in order to obtain the created stresses due to interference fit and subsequent applied longitudinal load at the holed plate. The stress distribution obtained from FE simulation around the hole was used to predict crack initiation life using Smith,Watson,Topper method and fatigue crack growth life using the NASGRO equation with applying the AFGROW computer code. The predicted fatigue life obtained from the numerical methods show a good agreement with the experimental fatigue life. [source]

    Further comments on the performances of finite element simulators for the solution of electromagnetic problems involving metamaterials

    MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, Issue 12 2006
    Gaia Cevini
    Abstract In this paper, we analyze the performances of three-dimensional finite element (FE) simulators in handling electromagnetic scattering problems involving metamaterials. It has already been proved that the performances of the FE method are worse than usual, when metamaterials are considered. In this work, we extend our previous analysis by providing some additional results on the precision of the FE solution and on the performances of the iterative and direct solvers typically used with FE simulators. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 48:2524,2529, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com).DOI 10.1002/mop.22008 [source]

    Three-dimensional inversion of automatic resistivity profiling data

    ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION, Issue 4 2009
    Nikos G. Papadopoulos
    Abstract Geophysical investigations through mobile multi-electrode systems, such as the automatic resistivity profiling (ARP) method, can increase the size of the surveyed areas without jeopardizing the spatial resolution of the survey. The representation of the apparent resistivity data in maps corresponding to the different measuring dipoles is sufficient in most routine applications for outlining the buried archaeological structures. In specific cases where a more quantitative interpretation of the apparent resistivity data is demanded, a three-dimensional resistivity inversion can provide the necessary tool for this purpose. This work investigates the possibilities and limitations of the three-dimensional resistivity inversion in processing the ARP data. A three-dimensional finite element smoothness-constrained inversion algorithm was used. The active constraint balancing (ACB) method was also applied in order to enhance the stability and the resolving power of the inversion procedure. Resistivity models that are commonly encountered in archaeological exploration were used to generate synthetic apparent resistivity data using a three-dimensional finite element forward modelling program. Inversion of the synthetic data showed that the maximum investigation depth of the ARP method is comparable to the length of the larger receiving dipole and cannot exceed the 2,2.5,m for the particular ARP device tested in this work. Archaeological structures buried within this depth range can be effectively mapped, while the resolution of the subsurface structures is related to the data acquisition parameters. The inversion algorithm was also used to reconstruct the three-dimensional resistivity distribution from the ARP data set collected from the Andilly archaeological site in France. The results effectively showed that the three-dimensional inversion can act as a complementary tool in acquiring a more quantitative interpretation model of the buried archaeological features. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

    On computation of response of a rotor in deformed configuration using three-dimensional finite elements

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, Issue 3 2003
    A. Nandi
    Abstract The governing differential equations for a rotor are derived in a rotating reference, which rotates about the centre-line of the bearings with a speed equal to the shaft spin speed. The same equations of motion are once solved in the original configuration and once in the deformed configuration. It is observed that, though the analysis is based on small displacement elasticity, the difference in the above solutions is not negligible. It is shown that this can be attributed to the moment resultant caused by the centrifugal force in the deformed configuration. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]