Experimental and finite element analysis of tibial stress fractures using a rabbit model

Figure 5 For tension to be produced in a typical beam a similar size to the rabbit tibia, a compressive load needs to be offset from the centroid in the opposite direction by only 1. 25 mm. A: Dimensions from the midshaft of a rabbit’s tibial cross-section: AP width (8 mm), cortical width (2 mm) and medullary half-width (2 mm); B: The rabbit midshaft cross-section represented as a section from a beam; C: The beam showing an axial load through the centroid (x) and the offset.