Application of thin-plate spline transformations to finite element models, or, how to turn a bog turtle into a spotted turtle to analyze both

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1348-1355

  Stayton, C Tristan ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Finite element analysis; Geometric morphometrics; Thin plate spine; Turtle shell

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; MORPHOMETRY; SHELL; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TURTLES;

ACTINEMYS MARMORATA; CLEMMYS GUTTATA; GLYPTEMYS MUHLENBERGII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 64749116215     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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