A 3-point flexure test on sheep bones is designed to determine flexural strength after fracture healing. For this a bone healed after break is fixed or cast at its ends in supports and the load is applied using a zwicki-Line Z0.5 table-top testing machine. The specimen grips are designed so that rotation of the bone by defined angular degrees is possible, allowing the flexural strength of the entire area of the bone to be determined. The
characteristic values obtained in this way are used in an FEM simulation
of the healing behavior of the bone fracture.