Experimental Investigation on Fatigue Evaluation of Orthopaedic Locking Compression Plate

Subject Areas : Mechanical Engineering

Saenoddin Mohajerzadeh ¹ , Khalil Farhangdoost ² , Pedram Zamani ³ , Kamal Kolasangiani ⁴

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
3 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
4 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Received: 2018-06-23 Accepted : 2018-12-17 Published : 2018-12-17

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