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Table 5 Interaction settings in the FE model

From: Initial stability and stress distribution of ankle arthroscopic arthrodesis with three kinds of 2-screw configuration fixation: a finite element analysis

Contact pair

Interaction

Normal behavior

Tangential behavior

Sliding formulation

Talus-tibia

“Hard” contact

Coef. of friction friction μk = 0.1

Finite sliding

Screw-talus

“Hard” contact

Frictionless

Finite sliding

Screw-tibia

Tie

Screw

Rigid body