FEM and BEM analysis of a human mandible with added temporomandibular joints

Open Mechanical Engineering Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-114

  Citarella, R ^a   Armentani, E ^b   Caputo, F ^c   Naddeo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

BEM; FEM; Human mandible; Temporomandibular joint

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR DISC; BEM; BIOLOGICAL PARAMETER; BONE MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FEM; FORECASTING TOOLS; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; HUMAN MANDIBLE; HYPER ELASTIC; MASTICATORY SYSTEM; MATERIAL BEHAVIOUR; MUSCLE LOAD; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; STRESS PEAKS; STRESS/STRAIN; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MUSCLE; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84869043941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1874155X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874155X01206010100     Document Type: Article

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