A comparison of implicit and explicit natural element methods in large strains problems: Application to soft biological tissues modeling

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 199, Issue 25-28, 2010, Pages 1691-1700

  Doweidar, M H ^a,b,c   Calvo, B ^a,b,c   Alfaro, I ^a,b,c   Groenenboom, P ^d   Doblare M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^d ESI GROUP   (France)

Author keywords

Explicit NEM; Human knee joint; Human ligaments; Hyperelasticity; Implicit NEM; Large deformations; Meshless methods; Natural element method; Soft tissues

Indexed keywords

EXPLICIT NEM; HUMAN KNEE JOINT; HUMAN LIGAMENTS; HYPER-ELASTICITY; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; MESH-LESS METHODS; NATURAL ELEMENT METHOD; SOFT TISSUE;

COUPLED CIRCUITS; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIGAMENTS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77952554515     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2010.01.022     Document Type: Article

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