An application of beam theory to determine the stress and deformation of long bones.
We present a generalized beam theory in which deformation and load are determined simultaneously, in order to analyze statically indeterminant problems involving long bones. We regard a long bone as a beam curved in three dimensions for which the cross-sectional properties vary continuously along its length. The theory is used to determine the force, moment, deflection and twist along the fifth metatarsal when it is subjected to both a pointwise and a distributed load.
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Eastern Scientific and Education Foundation, Allentown, PA 18102.
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D000818:Animals; D001846:Bone Development; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005121:Extremities; D006801:Humans; D008682:Metatarsal Bones / Q000254:growth & development; D008954:Models, Biological; D013314:Stress, Mechanical