Initial Settle Step

Before this simulation, the ligament and tendon meshes have been defined from the results of the reference simulation during the Model Development phase, so there is no overclosure between the ligaments, tendons 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    

Kinematic Boundary Conditions

The rigid bodies are fixed in all degrees of freedom.

Femur

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

Tibia

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

Kinetic Boundary Conditions

There are no external loads.

Femur

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

Tibia

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