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Figure 3

From: Effect of plate working length on plate stiffness and cyclic fatigue life in a cadaveric femoral fracture gap model stabilized with a 12-hole 2.4 mm locking compression plate

Figure 3

Photographs and free body diagrams of a long (A) and short (B) plate working length construct before and after load to failure test. Photographs of a long (A) and short (B) plate working length construct before (left) and after (right) load to failure testing. The adjacent free body diagrams represent how bending moments were created. Bending moments (Force (F) x Distance (d)) were calculated based on measured scale distances obtained from photographs and the yield load of each construct. The off axis shift of the femoral head observed in the figure may be due to elastic displacement after unloading the specimen, as the pictures are taken without load.

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BMC Veterinary Research

ISSN: 1746-6148

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