Week 4 (February 22nd-March 1st)

This week, the team sent the school our STP files of the hip implants and its parts to get it 3-D printed. This will allow us to evaluate the parts that were made in SolidWorks and to see if everything fits accordingly within the device.

Another important part of the project that we started on was the verification and validation protocols for each requirement. The verification checks if the specifications are met and the validation check if the requirements are made. With these protocols, it aims to ensure that our device is functioning as desired.

For the next upcoming weeks, our team will be working on the protocols and performing Finite Element Analysis on the hip implant and femur.

Week 5 (March 1st-March 8th)

During this week, our group is attempting to perform the Finite Element Analysis on ANSYS. We are learning new ways to ensure that the simulation on the software converge and gives us a solution.

We received our 3-D printed implant and it was found that the pins did not fit into the chambers created in the hip implant. The model was fixed once again on SolidWorks (width and height reduced by 0.25mm), and was sent to the school to get it printed.

Week 6 (March 8th-March 15th)

The 3-D printed pins were successful and was able to be fit into the chamber. The screw was printed this week, however, it did not fit into the hole created in the implant.

The model of the screw on SolidWorks was reduced from 6.1mm to 6mm and the file was sent to the school to get it printed.