Research Article

Minimizing Stress Shielding and Cement Damage in Cemented Femoral Component of a Hip Prosthesis through Computational Design Optimization

Table 4

Values of the exponents over the cross sections in Figure 2 along with the critical cement damage accumulation parameter at 2.0 × 106 cycles for three optimal configurations.

Optimal configurations ExponentsCritical cement damage accumulation parameter (%)
Cross section 1Cross section 2Cross section 3Cross section 4Cross section 5Cross section 6

FGM-12223420.4
FGM-22223230.4
FGM-32224230.7