Total ankle replacement is a procedure in which an injured ankle joint is replaced with a plastic and metallic material. Presently SS316L, Co-Cr-Mo, Ti-6Al-4V Alloys are used as implant material in ankle replacement surgery. The materials SS316L, Co-Cr-Mo alloys are high in density which fails with in short period. Ti based alloys are used in many applications of biomaterials due to their excellent mechanical, physical and biological performance. Now a days, low modulus ?-type Ti-based alloys are still being developed with Young’s modules close to that of cortical bone, as they can provide good biological fixation through bone tissue in growth into the porous network potential and preventing stress shielding effect.The objective of this work is ?-type titanium alloys composed of non-toxic and allergy free elements such as Ti–13Nb–13Zr (TNZ), which is highly expected to be used as a biomaterial for implants. By considering a finite element model of the implant will be developed for the study. The model developed in CATIA V5 software. The analysis of the FE model using ANSYS software of the implant. To obtain the results by considering the different loads exerted by human body weight maximum 2000N,2500N,3000N,3500N on ankle joint implants while walking condition and applying different materials Co-Cr-Mo alloy,Ti-6Al-4V alloy,Ti-13Nb-13Zr alloy.Then finally we determined Von-Mises Stress and Total deformation from Static analysis and Natural frequencies from Modal analysis.
Keywords : Finite element method, Total ankle replacement, Ti-6Al-4V Alloy, Ti–13Nb–13Zr (TNZ) alloy, CATIA V5, ANSYS
Author : Dr.R.Vijaya Prakash ,Dr.B.Purna Chandra Sekhar
Title : STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF STAR ANKLE JOINT IMPLANT ON DIFFERENT LOAD CONDITIONS AND MATERIALS
Volume/Issue : 2025;02(03)
Page No : 21-28