Simulation and Analysis of ACDR-oriented Vertebral Endplate Cutting Process

Heqiang Tian; Peng Yang; Jun Zhao; Chunjian Su

Simulation and Analysis of ACDR-oriented Vertebral Endplate Cutting Process

2015

Heqiang Tian | Peng Yang | Jun Zhao | Chunjian Su

In the artificial cervical disc replacement (ACDR), the polishing quality of fitting surface between vertebral endplate and artificial intervertebral disc has a direct relation with operation result. For this reason, an in-depth study is necessary on the vertebral endplate cutting process. This paper is intended to simulate and analyze the cutting process of vertebral endplate using numerical computation method. Firstly, a plane cutting model is established through an analysis on the cutting process to simulate the single-edge cutting process, and the temperature distribution calculation is carried out using the mean heat flux of continuous cutting. Secondly, a vertebral endplate material constitutive model is established on the basis of the endplate anatomy and mechanical property, so that some problems are analyzed about simulation algorithm, frictional contact and chip separation in the vertebral endplate cutting finite element (FE) simulation. Finally, stress distribution, cutting force, endplate deformation and residual stress and cutting temperature, as well as simulation results, are analyzed in vertebral endplate cutting process. The FE simulation may simplify vertebral endplate cutting, improve analytical precision, avoid plenty of repetitive cutting experiments, and reduce research cost greatly. Moreover, it gives full and fine description to the whole continuous, dynamic cutting process. All of this lay solid theoretical basis for an in-depth study of influence of different cutting parameters on endplate cutting as well as improvement of operation effect.

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