An efficient method of modeling material properties using a thermal diffusion analogy: An example based on craniofacial bone

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Davis, Julian L ^a   Dumont, Elizabeth R ^b   Strait, David S ^c   Grosse, Ian R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICAL TORSION; MECHANICS; MODEL; SHEAR STRESS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL DIFFUSION; YOUNG MODULUS; FACIAL BONE; HISTOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SKULL;

FACIAL BONES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SKULL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

EID: 79951819879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017004     Document Type: Article

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