Pin-hole shear stresses generated by conical and standard external fixation pins.
Pin-hole shear stresses generated by tapered (conical) and untapered (standard) external fixator pins were compared using a photoelastic technique. The results show that shear stresses progressively increase as a conical pin is inserted but remain the same for the standard pin irrespective of the depth of insertion.
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Department of Engineering, University of Leicester, UK.
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D001858:Bone Nails; D013314:Stress, Mechanical