Dataset supporting the University of Southampton Doctoral Thesis "The Design, Development and Characterisation of a Novel Intervertebral Disc Prosthesis"

Dataset supporting the University of Southampton Doctoral Thesis "The design, development and characterisation of a novel intervertebral disc prosthesis" by M. Godfrey.

COMSOL_data_Chapter_3 is the data extracted from a COMSOL model showing the contact stress between NP and vertebral endplate (refer to figure 3.22 in thesis). Read the data in Excel.

Spine_spectral_data_Chapter_4 contains the spectral data in the fibre optic experiment. Read the .dat files using notepad or alternative. Increasing file numbers increment axial displacement. Refer to figures 4.5 to 4.8 in the thesis.

Pin-Porcine_Chapter_5 contains the force-displacement data for the pin-penetration experiments. Use Excel or Bluehill to read the data. Variables are labelled in the data files. Each file relates to each vertebra sample and repeats are all included within each file.

3Hz_Hysteresis_Chapter_6 is force-displacement data for hysteresis measurement. Refer to figure 6.14 in the thesis. Read the data using excel.

Bolometer_Results_Chapter_6 contains thermal images (jpegs) from the bolometer experiment. Read the time-domain data using notepad or equivalent. Vertical temp data is in the spatial domain. Refer to figure 6.11 in the thesis.

Fatigue DIC Data_Chapter_6 is binned into 500-image segments (numbering relates to the images). The data is split into the long and short tests. Refer to figures 6.5 and 6.6 in the thesis.

The files labelled '2kN_XX_Eyy_Line_through_band' is the data used to produce figure 6.18 in the thesis. Read this data with Excel.

Data used for the first two appendices is also provided. A1 is gravimetric data from the injection moulding and B2 is force-displacement data from the mesh tensile testing. Read with Excel.

Note: files labelled 'PS' refers to the biomimetic implant and 'M6' refers to the commercial implant by Orthofix.

Related publications:
M. Godfrey, “Spinal implant,” UK Patent 2302888.9, 28/February/2023

M. Godfrey, S. Jantzen, A. Dickinson, C. Holmes, A. Taylor, and M. Browne,
“Spatially distributed circumferential strain measurement in an artificial
annulus fibrosus using fibre bragg gratings,” British Society for Strain
Measurement 16th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics,
2022.

Related projects/Funders:
EPSRC DTP 2018-19 (grant number EP/R513325/1)