Simulation of bone internal remodeling by means of the α-shape-based natural element method

European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  García, J Manuel ^a   Doblaré, Manuel ^a   Cueto, Elías ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone internal remodeling; Damage models; Meshless methods; Natural element method

Indexed keywords

BONE REMODELING; CONSTITUTIVE BEHAVIOUR; DAMAGE MODEL; MASS PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL LOADS; MESH-LESS METHODS; NATURAL ELEMENT METHOD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DOMAIN;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; TISSUE;

BONE;

EID: 84893361795     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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