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Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing IV – João Tavares & Natal Jorge (eds)
© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00081-0
Influence of mesh size and element type on apparent yield properties of
microCT based finite element models of human trabecular bone
T. Gross & D.H. Pahr
Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
ABSTRACT: Mechanical competence of cancellous bone can be investigated by means of the finite
element (FE) method. Different meshing techniques were compared by analyzing μCT based nonlinear
FE models of 4 trabecular bone structures (BV/TV range: ...