Egypt
Research Article
Study of the Effect of Cyclic Stress on the Mechanical Properties of Braided Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)
Author(s): Shereen Fathy and Magdi El MessiryShereen Fathy and Magdi El Messiry
In the present, the design of ACL is attracting more attention. In this work, three different braided artificial ligaments were manufactured and tested under a cyclic stress to simulate the actual normal conditions. Knee simulator tester was designed to simulate the actual knee movement during the application of load on ACL. A comparison between three different braided artificial ligaments was analyzed after subjecting the ligament to 50,000 cycles using the designed knee tester, and compered with the results obtained on tension-tension fatigue tester. The tensile properties of the samples, after applying cyclic loading, were tested to study the effect of ACL structure design.
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DOI:
10.4172/2165-8064.1000252
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