BME6002 : Biomedical Engineering Modelling and Analysis - Engineering Assignment

Internal Code : MAS3883

Engineering Assignment

Question : Total Knee Implant  You a working for a biomedical appliance company which needs to model part a proposed knee replace product (TKR) to be used on a number of different potential patients of differing ages. The product consists of three parts and the company wants to try out a potential different material for fermoral component, namely, Ti-13Nb-13Zr. The other components for the prosthetic knee are: 1. Tibial bearing manufactured from UHMWPE 2. Tibial tray produced from Titanium Ti-6l-4v materials. All cement will be PMMA .Component 2 has a thickness 12.7 mm The problem here is analyse one of a series of potential prosthetic designs for various loadings and identify the potential problems that could occur with the proposed design. Given in the data shown are the various load levels encountered during movement. All parts are normally designed for a minimum of fifteen years under normal daily conditions. The materials are chosen because of both biocompatibility and mechanical strength. You have been provided with three CAD parts produced in Solidworks which can be edited for analysis purposes. Details of some of the potential loading conditions are given in Appendix1 .You will carry out appropriate analyses to assess the suitability of each part and make recommendations to the design team based upon your findings.