Finite element superplastic forming (FE-SPF) of patient-specific maxillofacial prostheses

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-155

  Gil, A J ^a   Curtis, R V ^b   Bonet, J ^a   Coward, T ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Incremental flow formulation; Medical prostheses; Patient specific modelling; Superplastic forming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CHALLENGES; CRANIOPLASTY; DAMAGED AREA; FINITE ELEMENT; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; MEDICAL PROSTHESES; MEDICAL PROSTHESIS; PATIENT DATA; SUPERPLASTIC FORMING; TI6A14V; TIME CYCLES;

HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHESES; MESH GENERATION; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; SUPERPLASTICITY; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77952983231     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1255     Document Type: Article

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