Patellofemoral joint contact forces: A direct comparison of different biomechanichal estimation methods

BACKGROUND: Knee problems are the most common complaints of the lower extremity in the Netherlands. Osteoarthritis has the highest prevalence of all knee complaints. Knee osteoarthritis is likely to start at the patellofemoral joint and is associated with the aggravation of pain. Mechanical overloading is hypothesized to contribute to the...

Development of a Virtual Testing Methodology for Structural Fatigue Testing Setups

Full-scale structural testing of of aircraft structures has been and still is the task of the aircraft industry when new aircrafts are developed. The NLR performs structural testing of aircraft structures for certification, this is done using structural test setups. Structural testing consists out of static testing (ultimate load) and fatigue...