On the employ of meshless methods in biomechanics

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 194, Issue 6-8, 2005, Pages 801-821

  Doblare M ^a   Cueto, E ^a   Calvo, B ^a   Martinez M A ^a   Garcia, J M ^a   Cegonino J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone remodelling; Hyperelasticity; Large strains; Meshless methods; Meshless FE coupling; Natural element method; Numerical simulations; Soft tissues

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FINITE STRAINS; MESHLESS METHODS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BIOMECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

EID: 10644296373     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2004.06.031     Document Type: Article

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