Inspiration from nature: Dynamic modelling of the musculoskeletal structure of the seahorse tail

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1028-1042

  Praet, Tomas ^a   Adriaens, Dominique ^a   Cauter, Sofie Van ^a   Masschaele, Bert ^a   Beule, Matthieu De ^a   Verhegghe, Benedict ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dynamic modelling; Inspiration from nature; Multi body dynamics; Seahorse

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION; BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSPIRATION FROM NATURE; MULTI-BODY DYNAMIC; MULTIBODY SIMULATIONS; MUSCLE STRUCTURES; RADIAL STIFFNESS; SEAHORSE; SEQUENTIAL STRUCTURE; SKELETAL SEGMENTS; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC MODELS; STIFFNESS;

MUSCLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; JOINT; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SMEGMAMORPHA; TAIL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JOINTS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SMEGMAMORPHA; TAIL; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84867100558     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2499     Document Type: Article

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