Biomaterials and Biomechanics in Bioengineering

Volume 5, Number 1, 2020, pages 1-10

DOI: 10.12989/bme.2020.5.1.001

Modeling free vibration analysis of osteon as bone unite

Farzad Ebrahimi and Farin Zokaee

Abstract

This paper investigated vibrational behavior of the osteon as bone unit in the different situations. This study can lead to increase our knowledge of our body. In this paper free vibration of the osteon with considering it as composite material has been studied. The effect of numbers of lamellae and radius of those on natural frequency of osteon are subtle; while thickness of lamellae have decreasing trend on natural frequency of osteon. The presence of nerve and blood in haversian canal change trend of natural frequency, absolutely. Using the nonlocal strain gradient theory (NSGT) leads to effectiveness of scale parameter on equations of motion and the obtained results. The governing equations are derived by Hamilton\'s principles. A parametric study is presented to examine the effect of various parameters on vibrational behaviour of osteon. The results can also be regarded as a benchmark in vibration analysis behavior of osteon as bone unite.

Key Words

bone; lamellae; osteon; haversian sys; free vibration

Address

Farzad Ebrahimi and Farin Zokaee: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran