Table 3.

Effects of different cortical thicknesses on the mechanical responses.

Cortical Bone Mass/Bone Mass	Cortical Bone		Cancellous Bone		Fracture Load (N)	Maximum Principal Stress (Pa)	Maximum Principal Strain
	Elements	Nodes	Elements	Nodes
99%	80,693	14,748	-	-	7329	1.406 × 108	0.994 × 10−2
80%	77,649	13,742	3044	1006	7100	2.945 × 108	1.209 × 10−2
60%	68,650	11,742	12,043	3016	6550	3.197 × 108	1.234 × 10−2
40%	54,425	9391	26,268	5391	6345	3.557 × 108	1.276 × 10−2
20%	48,918	8773	31,775	5945	5701	3.621 × 108	1.278 × 10−2
10%	33,918	5773	46,775	8975	5039	3.856 × 108	1.291 × 10−2
1%	-	-	70,693	14,748	4575	3.979 × 108	1.301 × 10−2
Hollow	54,425	9391	-	-	6243	3.457 × 108	1.076 × 10−2