Smoothed finite element method for analysis of multi-layered systems-Applications in biomaterials

Li, E; Chen, J; Zhang, Z; Fang, J; Liu, GR; Li, Q

Smoothed finite element method for analysis of multi-layered systems-Applications in biomaterials

Li, E Chen, J Zhang, Z Fang, J

Liu, GR Li, Q

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Citation:: Computers and Structures, 2016, 168 pp. 16 - 29
Issue Date:: 2016-05-01

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dc.contributor.author	Li, E	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Chen, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zhang, Z	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Fang, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0119-6108	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Liu, GR	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Li, Q	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-05-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Computers and Structures, 2016, 168 pp. 16 - 29	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0045-7949	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/122906
dc.description.abstract	© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. In general, the biologic system can be rather sophisticated and commonly present in hierarchical layers. Hence, the quadrilateral or brick elements are very difficult to precisely capture the anatomic details for mechanobiologic modeling. Further, the conventional finite element method (FEM) could possibly give poor solutions using triangular or tetrahedral elements due to its overly-stiff property. In addition, the biologic soft tissues are often considered as 'incompressible' materials, where conventional FEM could suffer from volumetric locking in numerical solution. For these reasons, smoothed finite element methods (SFEM) are proposed here to solve the multi-layered bio-systems for softening conventional FEM models.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Computers and Structures	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.compstruc.2016.02.003	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Applied Mathematics	en_US
dc.title	Smoothed finite element method for analysis of multi-layered systems-Applications in biomaterials	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	168	en_US
utslib.for	0912 Materials Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	0913 Mechanical Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	0903 Biomedical Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	09 Engineering	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	168	en_US

Abstract:

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. In general, the biologic system can be rather sophisticated and commonly present in hierarchical layers. Hence, the quadrilateral or brick elements are very difficult to precisely capture the anatomic details for mechanobiologic modeling. Further, the conventional finite element method (FEM) could possibly give poor solutions using triangular or tetrahedral elements due to its overly-stiff property. In addition, the biologic soft tissues are often considered as 'incompressible' materials, where conventional FEM could suffer from volumetric locking in numerical solution. For these reasons, smoothed finite element methods (SFEM) are proposed here to solve the multi-layered bio-systems for softening conventional FEM models.

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