The strength of surgical knots involves a critical interplay ...
The influence of friction on knot safety is explored systematically, using finite element modeling (FEM) to simulate elastoplastic knots with varying frictional interactions.
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With strong modern ropes used within their safety factor for critical applications, knot security is of greater practical importance than knot strength. Knot security (resistance to slippage, sometimes with a change of shape; and perhaps ultimately spillage) depends on friction .
We identify the primary ingredients dictating the mechanics of surgical sliding knots , highlighting the previously overlooked but critical effect of plasticity and its interplay with friction .
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This is only possible when first, the friction coefficient exceeds a critical value and second, when there is additional pressure on some knot segments sandwiched by surrounding knot segments. The number of these segments depends on the topology of the knot and is characteristic for it.
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