Output details
15 - General Engineering
University of Southampton
Experimental validation of a finite element model of the proximal femur using digital image correlation and a composite bone model
Significance of output:
Digital image correlation (DIC) is established for full-field strain measurement, but had very limited use in bioengineering. We demonstrated its application in validating computational biomechanical models, where conventional methods (e.g strain gauging) are inadequate. With the international recognition of this pilot study we secured >£50k funding for collaborations with three overseas institutions (India: sangupta@mech.iitkgp.ernet.in, Germany: urs.schneider@ipa.fraunhofer.de and Italy: luca.cristofolini@unibo.it). This led to additional papers in Journal of Biomechanics, and Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, and another under review with Medical Engineering and Physics. The paper generated enquiries from industry for advice on DIC’s use in product development (Industrial referees: anne.roques@auroramedical.co.uk; conor.lowry@coringroup.com)
