Finite element analysis in vertebrate biomechanics

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

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 253-258

  Ross, Callum F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone strain; Dinosaurs; Finite element analysis; Fossils; Primates; Skulls; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SKULL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERTEBRATE;

ANATOMY; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY PATTERNING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 16444384226     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20177     Document Type: Conference Paper

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