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Table 3 Comparison of the elastic properties of the industrial metals from which ABP, DCSP and LP were manufactured

From: Prospects of implant with locking plate in fixation of subtrochanteric fracture: experimental demonstration of its potential benefits on synthetic femur model with supportive hierarchical nonlinear hyperelastic finite element analysis

Implant

Material

Elastic Modulus (GPa)

Poisson ratio ϑ

ABP

Stainless steel

200

0.3

DCS

Stainless steel

200

0.3

LP

Titanium

114

0.33

  1. Include the elastic properties of the composite materials used to construct the synthetic femur.