Structural optimisation: Biomechanics of the femur

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering and Computational Mechanics

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-154

  Phillips, Andrew T M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational mechanics; Engineering mechanics; Structural frameworks

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; ENGINEERING MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL DESCRIPTIONS; STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORKS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMISATION; SUCCESSIVE ITERATION; TRABECULAR ARCHITECTURE;

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS;

BONE;

EID: 84862544538     PISSN: 17550777     EISSN: 17470785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/eacm.10.00032     Document Type: Article

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