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I am no engineer, therefore pls excuse silly answers. The screws are partially threaded and the threads only engage with the lower bone

what about shear forces?

the goal is the fusion of 2 bones. Independent of the bones, one believes that compression (contact area * force) is one of the depending factors for a successful fusion. Usually partially threaded screws are used. Depending on the side of fusion, 2 or 3 screws are used which a inserted from...

thank you for your reply. We are actually using pressure sensitive film (fuji) (which, in this case, is more suitable then Tekscan) Regarding Poisson's ratio: looked through the wikipedia article, but I did not really get it. I thought it was rather the screw itself than the deformation of...

Hey, I just fnished med school and I have been conduction biomechanical research for the past 3 years now. I am currently working on a project plan and I am encountering the following problem: We would like to measure compression across a joint, using partially threaded screws. For the...