Initial Settle Step

Before this simulation, the ligament meshes have been defined from the results of the reference simulation defined during the Model Calibration phase, so there was no overclosure between the ligaments and other bodies.

The total time for this step is 0.01 seconds.

Interactions

All of the desired interactions are active in this step.

Table 3 Active interactions between different bodies and structures during the Initial Settle step.

Name

Femur

Tibia

Femoral Cartilage

Medial Tibial Cartilage

Lateral Tibial Cartilage

amACL

x

x

x

plACL

x

x

x

alPCL

x

x

x

pmPCL

x

x

x

sMCLProx

x

x

x

x

sMCLDist

x

x

x

x

dMCL

x

x

x

x

LCL

x

x

ALL

x

x

x

x

PFL

x

x

x

x

OPL

x

x

x

x

Femur

x

x

x

Tibia

x

x

Femoral Cartilage

x

x

x

Medial Tibial Cartilage

x

x

Lateral Tibial Cartilage

x

x

Medial Meniscus

x

x

x

x

Lateral Meniscus

x

x

x

x

Kinematic Boundary Conditions

The rigid bodies were fixed in all degrees of freedom.

Femur

The femur was fixed in all degrees of freedom throughout this step.

Tibia

The tibia was fixed in all degrees of freedom throughout this step.

Kinetic Boundary Conditions

There were no external loads.

Femur

No external loads were applied to the femur in this step.

Tibia

No external loads were applied to the tibia in this step.