ABSTRACT
The bone of the clavicle is long and of double curvature, composed of a single direct connection between the axial and appendicular skeleton. In this study, responses on the clavicle bone were analyzed when different loads were applied using the Finite Element Method (FEM), and the Radial Point Interpolation Method (RPIM). For this, a clavicle bone was segmented, based on an anonymous set of CT images, and then discretized with a 3D tetrahedral element mesh. Several load cases were assumed, and the corresponding variable fields were obtained: displacement, strain and stress fields. According to the results obtained, the highest stress is achieved when the load is applied to the middle zone of the clavicle.
