Research Article

Biomechanical Property of a Newly Designed Assembly Locking Compression Plate: Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis

Table 1

Properties of the models’ materials and the number of elements.

ModelElastic modulus (MPa)Poisson’s ratioNumber of elementsNumber of nodes

Cortical bone1.3e + 040.385 58319 682
Cancellous bone2.06e + 020.313 42658 381
NALCP1.10e + 050.3101 99335 946
LCP1.10e + 050.384 60030 377