The finite cell method for bone simulations: Verification and validation

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 425-437

  Ruess, Martin ^a   Tal, David ^b   Trabelsi, Nir ^b   Yosibash, Zohar ^b   Rank, Ernst ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bone mechanics; Ficitious domain method; High order FEM; Human femur

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; BONE GEOMETRY; BONE MECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL STEERING; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; DOMAIN METHODS; FICTITIOUS DOMAINS; FINITE CELL METHOD; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH-ORDER; HUMAN FEMORA; IN-VITRO; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; STANDARD METHOD; THEORETICAL BASIS; VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

BONE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TENSILE STRENGTH; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861094879     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16177940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-011-0322-2     Document Type: Article

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