| dc.contributor.advisor | Srinivasan, M. N. | |
| dc.creator | Heffington, Samuel N. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-01T15:11:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-04-01T15:11:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1994 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/CAPSTONE-HeffingtonS_1994 | |
| dc.description | Program year: 1996/1997 | en |
| dc.description | Digitized from print original stored in HDR | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The objective of this undergraduate research project is to demonstrate how rapid prototyping can aid the design process and the manufacture of human surgical hip implants. The optimum chord height tolerance (a measure of accuracy) was determined for a particular hip implant design. This optimum value was found to be 0.01 inches. Using this value, an STL file (industrial standard file) was created, which contained triangular facets that approximate the shape of the three-dimensional hip implant. This STL file was used to generate a pattern that was then analyzed for its accuracy of dimensions and surface finish properties. It was concluded that rapid prototyping techniques are valuable to the production of surgical hip implants. | en |
| dc.format.extent | 25 pages | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.subject | hip implants | en |
| dc.subject | accuracy | en |
| dc.subject | rapid prototyping | en |
| dc.subject | chord height tolerance | en |
| dc.title | Rapid Prototyping of Human Surgical Hip Implants | en |
| dc.title.alternative | Rapid Prototyping of Human Surgical Hip Implants | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.department | Mechanical Engineering | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University Undergraduate Fellow | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Undergraduate | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
