Influence of PEEK Coating on Hip Implant Stress Shielding: A Finite Element Analysis

Table 1

Material properties used in the FE models for the implanted femur components.

Material	Elastic modulus, [GPa]	Density, [g/cm^3]	Poisson’s ratio,
Cancellous bone	0.155	0.20	0.30
Cortical bone	16.70	1.64	0.30
PEEK 150 XF	3.70	1.30	0.40
Ti-6Al-4V	110.00	4.43	0.33