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Contents
Contributor contact details xi
Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials xv
Foreword xxi
Preface xxiii
Part I Generic modelling of biomechanics and biotribology 1
1 Fundamentals of computational modelling of
biomechanics in the musculoskeletal system 3
Z. J, Xi’an Jiaotong University, People’s Republic of China
and University of Leeds, UK
1.1 Computational approach and its importance 3
1.2 Generic computational approach and important
considerations 7
1.3 Computational methods and software 8
1.4 Future trends 8
1.5 Sources of further information and