On fatigue failure prediction of prosthetic devices through XFEM analysis

While prosthetic devices have been extensively used to treat a wide range of human diseases and injuries, failure of these devices due to fatigue under cyclic loading has been recognized as a primary concern on therapeutic longevity. Experimental testing has long been a dominant approach to characterizing the fatigue behavior of prosthetic devices. However, experimental methods could be of multiple shortcomings such as their restrictive nature...