Research Article

Finite Element Modelling of Shock-Induced Damages on Ceramic Hip Prostheses

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Determination of optimal number of configurations. (a) Average percentage of growth as function of the simulated number of configurations. Red dots represent minimum and maximum of percentage for every number of configurations. (b) Standard deviation of average percentage of growth. (c) Average calculation time, minutes, for detecting unstable flaws (according to the number of configurations).
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