INFLUENCE OF GEOMETRY AND DESIGN PARAMETERS ON FLEXURAL BEHAVIOR OF DYNAMIC COMPRESSION PLATES (DCP): EXPERIMENT AND FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

This work aimed to study the effect of various geometric parameters on bending behavior in orthopedic dynamic compression plates (DCPs) in order to achieve suitable criteria in an optimum design of these plates. Modeling, simulation, and analysis were performed through the finite element software of ABAQUS. In order to verify the model, four-point bending tests on several actual plates were conducted. In addition, the classical beam theory was...