Objective To calculate the stress of medical 316L stainless steel plate, screws and femur by 3D finite element method, to analyze the stress shielding effect of 316L stainless steel plate on femur. Methods Firstly, we established 3D geometric model of medical 316L stainless steel plate, screws and the femur. The corresponding 3D finite element model was built after the solid meshing. Then, on the basis of the definition of material properties,we loaded the boundary conditions. At last, we made finite element analysis of the 316L stainless steel plate and screws in the standing posture and analyzed the femoral stress shielding effect. Results During standing posture, the stresses of plate and screws were analyzed by the finite element method, and the femoral stress shielding effect was analyzed. Conclusions The femoral stress shielding effect was obvious, and adding pressure on the screws was not effective. This analytical method for femoral stress shielding might be widely used in the stress shielding analyses for other bone fractures.
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