Development of Surrogate Model for Patient-Specific Lattice-Structured Hip Implant Design via Finite Element Analysis

Patient-tailored hip implants are a major area of development in orthopedic surgery. Thanks to the recent developments in titanium printing, the medical industry now places special demands on implants. The lattice design enhances osseointegration and brings the stiffness of the implant closer to tha...

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Main Authors: Rashwan Alkentar, Tamás Mankovits
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-03-01
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description Patient-tailored hip implants are a major area of development in orthopedic surgery. Thanks to the recent developments in titanium printing, the medical industry now places special demands on implants. The lattice design enhances osseointegration and brings the stiffness of the implant closer to that of the bone, so this is an important direction in the development of hip implant design processes. In our previous research, several lattice structures were compared from a strength perspective, considering surgical specifications regarding cell size. The so-called 3D lattice infill type built into ANSYS with a predefined size has proven to be suitable for medical practice and can be easily manufactured with additive manufacturing techniques. A major step in the implant design process is numerical strength analysis, which elucidates implant material response. Due to the complex geometry of the lattice structure, finite element calculations are extremely time-consuming and require high computation capacity; therefore, the focus of our current research was to develop a surrogate numerical model that provides sufficiently fast and accurate information about the behavior of the designed structure. The developed surrogate model reduces the simulation time by more than one hundred times, and the accuracy of the calculation is more than satisfactory for engineering practice. The deviation from the original model is, on average, below 5%, taking deformation into account. This makes the design phase much more manageable and competitive.
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spelling doaj-art-cb8793f6c59942c6ac5f2c7e2ecd2cc82025-08-20T03:06:31ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-03-01157352210.3390/app15073522Development of Surrogate Model for Patient-Specific Lattice-Structured Hip Implant Design via Finite Element AnalysisRashwan Alkentar0Tamás Mankovits1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Debrecen, Ótemető u. 2-4., H-4028 Debrecen, HungaryDoctoral School of Informatics, Faculty of Informatics, University of Debrecen, Kassai u. 26., H-4028 Debrecen, HungaryPatient-tailored hip implants are a major area of development in orthopedic surgery. Thanks to the recent developments in titanium printing, the medical industry now places special demands on implants. The lattice design enhances osseointegration and brings the stiffness of the implant closer to that of the bone, so this is an important direction in the development of hip implant design processes. In our previous research, several lattice structures were compared from a strength perspective, considering surgical specifications regarding cell size. The so-called 3D lattice infill type built into ANSYS with a predefined size has proven to be suitable for medical practice and can be easily manufactured with additive manufacturing techniques. A major step in the implant design process is numerical strength analysis, which elucidates implant material response. Due to the complex geometry of the lattice structure, finite element calculations are extremely time-consuming and require high computation capacity; therefore, the focus of our current research was to develop a surrogate numerical model that provides sufficiently fast and accurate information about the behavior of the designed structure. The developed surrogate model reduces the simulation time by more than one hundred times, and the accuracy of the calculation is more than satisfactory for engineering practice. The deviation from the original model is, on average, below 5%, taking deformation into account. This makes the design phase much more manageable and competitive.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/7/3522lattice structuresfinite element analysiship implantsurrogate model
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Development of Surrogate Model for Patient-Specific Lattice-Structured Hip Implant Design via Finite Element Analysis
Applied Sciences
lattice structures
finite element analysis
hip implant
surrogate model
title Development of Surrogate Model for Patient-Specific Lattice-Structured Hip Implant Design via Finite Element Analysis
title_full Development of Surrogate Model for Patient-Specific Lattice-Structured Hip Implant Design via Finite Element Analysis
title_fullStr Development of Surrogate Model for Patient-Specific Lattice-Structured Hip Implant Design via Finite Element Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Development of Surrogate Model for Patient-Specific Lattice-Structured Hip Implant Design via Finite Element Analysis
title_short Development of Surrogate Model for Patient-Specific Lattice-Structured Hip Implant Design via Finite Element Analysis
title_sort development of surrogate model for patient specific lattice structured hip implant design via finite element analysis
topic lattice structures
finite element analysis
hip implant
surrogate model
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/7/3522
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