The Response of Cranial Biomechanical Finite Element Models to Variations in Mesh Density

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 610-620

  Bright, Jen A ^a   Rayfield, Emily J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Convergence; Feeding; Finite element analysis; Skull

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKULL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKULL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUS SCROFA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 79952722845     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21358     Document Type: Article

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