Shaokang Song , Jun Zhao , Qian Li , Anhai Li , Xianshun Sun , Shihua Zhang , Junfu Liu
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Abstract
The geometric modification of bone drills is an important way to reduce damage to bone tissue during surgical procedures. This study designed a new three-edge bone drill to improve the efficiency of cortical bone drilling and reduce the damage to bone tissue. Compared with the common two-edge bone drill, the three-edge bone drill design reduces the uncut thickness per tooth (feed per tooth) under the same drilling conditions, and can maintain high drilling stability and low mechanical damage even under high feed rate and low spindle speed (low thermal damage) conditions. The drilling performance of the three-edge bone drill is investigated via a comprehensive cortical bone drilling experiment in comparison with that of a common two-edge bone drill. The experimental results show that compared with the two-edge drill bit, the three-edge drill reduces the drilling force by 8.51 %–22.6 %, the drilling force fluctuation is reduced by 8.12 %–20.93 %, the maximum drilling temperature is reduced by 4.23 %–12.24 %, the thermal damage area is reduced by 11.04 %–31.34 %, and the hole wall roughness is reduced by 10.55 %–26.11 %. This study provides an efficient and low-damage solution for orthopedic surgery.
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The International Journal of Thermal Sciences is a journal devoted to the publication of fundamental studies on the physics of transfer processes in general, with an emphasis on thermal aspects and also applied research on various processes, energy systems and the environment. Articles are published in English and French, and are subject to peer review.
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* Heat and relevant mass transfer at all scales (nano, micro and macro) and in all types of material (heterogeneous, composites, biological,...) and fluid flow
* Forced, natural or mixed convection in reactive or non-reactive media
* Single or multi–phase fluid flow with or without phase change
* Near–and far–field radiative heat transfer
* Combined modes of heat transfer in complex systems (for example, plasmas, biological, geological,...)
* Multiscale modelling
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* Heat exchangers, heat pipes, cooling processes
* Transport phenomena taking place in industrial processes (chemical, food and agricultural, metallurgical, space and aeronautical, automobile industries)
* Nano–and micro–technology for energy, space, biosystems and devices
* Heat transport analysis in advanced systems
* Impact of energy–related processes on environment, and emerging energy systems
The study of thermophysical properties of materials and fluids, thermal measurement techniques, inverse methods, and the developments of experimental methods are within the scope of the International Journal of Thermal Sciences which also covers the modelling, and numerical methods applied to thermal transfer.