Model Configurations:

All:

• Material properties all default
• Full Newton's method
• Reaction forces/moments recorded for tibia and femur

Only Cartilage to cartilage (C2C) contact defined (c2c.feb) - configuration file c2c.cnfg@98:

• 5 mm z displacement (knee compression) with all other DoF fixed (ran to crash)

C2C and cartilage to meniscus (C2M) contact defined (c2c_c2m.feb) - configuration file c2c_c2m.cnfg@93:

• 2 mm z displacement (knee compression) with all other DoF fixed (ran to crash)

C2C and C2M with ligaments rigidly attached to bones (LB) (c2c_c2c_lb.feb) - configuration file c2c_c2m_lb@95:

• 2 mm z displacement (knee compression) with all other DoF fixed (ran to crash)

Results:

C2C:

• Crashed at 31% (1.2mm)
• Femur Kinetics:
  • Fx = 131.532
  • Fy = 41.2376

  • Fz = -1175.68

  • Mx = 4015.38
  • My = 9055.78
  • Mz = 254.094
• Tibia Kinetics:
  • Fx = -131.533
  • Fy = -41.2373

  • Fz = 1175.7

  • Mx = -4079.23
  • My = -8852.45
  • Mz = -254.084

C2C_C2M:

• Crashed at 40% (0.8mm)
• Femur Kinetics:
  • Fx = 15.8468
  • Fy = 1.65271

  • Fz = -687.241

  • Mx = 1383.44
  • My = 2494.34
  • Mz = 540.454
• Tibia Kinetics:
  • Fx = -15.8476
  • Fy = -1.65261

  • Fz = 687.239

  • Mx = -1341.02
  • My = -2580.35
  • Mz = -536.663

C2C_C2M_LB:

• Crashed at 30% (0.6mm)
• Femur Kinetics:
  • Fx = -1.85714
  • Fy = -0.941912

  • Fz = -353.24

  • Mx = 630.293
  • My = 1019.57
  • Mz = 232.148
• Tibia Kinetics:
  • Fx = 1.84996
  • Fy = 0.942906

  • Fz = 353.24

  • Mx = -579.273
  • My = -1069.69
  • Mz = -246.834