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Static Strength Evaluation of Six External Skeletal Fixation Configurations
Author(s) -
EGGER ERICK L
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1983.tb00726.x
Subject(s) - medicine , quadrilateral , torsion (gastropod) , fixation (population genetics) , orthodontics , structural engineering , clamp , external fixation , shear force , surgery , external fixator , finite element method , mechanical engineering , clamping , population , environmental health , engineering
The relative strength of six different configurations of external skeletal fixation was determined by subjecting them to axial compression, and shear and torsion forces while measuring the load they would sustain before failing. The double clamp, single connecting bar, double connecting bar, quadrilateral frame, full pin splintage and three‐ dimensional tent configurations were found to be successively stronger in all three of the tests with the exception of the quadrilateral frame being more resistant to shear force than the full pin splintage configuration.