Comparison of beam theory and finite-element analysis with in vivo bone strain data from the alligator cranium

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 331-348

  Metzger, Keith A ^a   Daniel, William J T ^b   Ross, Callum F ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator; Bone strain; Feeding; Finite element analysis; Skull biomechanics

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; BEAM THEORY; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; BITE; BONE STRESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEEDING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; GEOMETRY; MASTICATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; THEORY;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BITE FORCE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MASTICATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKULL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 16444363036     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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