ABSTRACT
In Chapter 3, the theoretical and numerical results of internal bone remodeling were presented. Extension to multifield surface bone remodeling is discussed in this chapter. Theoretical predictions of surface bone remodeling in the diaphysis of the long bone under various external loads are made within the framework of adaptive elastic theory. These loads include external lateral pressure, and electric and thermal loads. Two solutions are presented for analyzing thermoelectroelastic problems of surface bone remodeling. The analytical solution that gives explicit formulation is capable of modeling homogeneous bone materials, and the semianalytical solution is suitable for analyzing inhomogeneous cases. Numerical results are presented to verify the proposed formulation and to show the effects of mechanical, thermal, and electric loads on the surface bone remodeling process. In this chapter, the developments in references 1-3 are briefly summarized.
