... safety e-scooter rider safety finite element modeling injury risk assessment U.S. Department of Transportation 10.13039/100000140 69A3551747115 Since 2012, rideshare companies in the United States have offered standing two-wheel electric scooters (e-scooters) for public short...

... Morphology and Perilacunar Tissue Properties Influence Local Mechanical Environment of Osteocyte Lacunae Using Finite Element Modeling ,” J. Mech. Behav. Biomed. Mater. , 135 , p. 105433 . 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105433 [42] Yu , B. , Pacureanu , A. , Olivier , C. , Cloetens...

... valve modeling platform, SlicerHeart, and an open-source biomechanics finite element modeling software, FEBio, to facilitate image-derived atrioventricular valve model creation and finite element analysis. We present a detailed verification and sensitivity analysis to demonstrate the fidelity...

... 11 04 2022 12 05 2022 finite element modeling normative spine pediatric growth biomechanics thoracic lumbar intervertebral disc stress Directorate for Engineering 10.13039/100000084 174816 Finite element (FE) modeling is a computational technique widely...

...-dimensional geometry, material properties, and boundary conditions. Therefore, the purpose of this review was to summarize the current state of finite element modeling approaches that have been used in the field of ligament biomechanics, to discuss their applicability to foot ligament modeling in a practical...

...@mail.toyota.co.jp e-mail:  susan.margulies@gatech.edu 1 Corresponding author. e-mail:  panzer@virginia.edu 04 06 2021 03 12 2021 15 02 2022 brain injury risk functions finite element modeling concussion diffuse axonal injury Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) account...

... was modeled via a simple, yet easily scalable, mixed shell and pressure finite element model. Then a validation study was conducted on intramuscular pressure, resulting from applied muscle contractile force, through leveraging special fluid elements type. The fluid–structure-based model and adopted methods...

... in Frontal Automotive Impact ,” SAE Paper No. 912902. 10.4271/912902 [10] Tannous , R. E. , Bandok , F. A. , T , T. G. , and Eppinger , R. H. , 1996 , “ A Three-Dimensional Finite Element Model of the Human Ankle: Development and Preliminary Application to Axial Impulsive...

... in vivo. To these ends we developed two-layered, composite finite element models of the colorectum based on our experimental evidence and validated our approaches against independent experimental data. We included layer- and segment-specific residual stretches/stresses in our simulations via the prestrain...

.... e-mail:  costin@vt.edu 28 11 2020 16 05 2021 17 06 2021 pedestrian finite element modeling walking gait injury risk assessment Road traffic crashes are the eighth leading cause of death in the world. Globally, the number of road traffic accidents continues to rise...

... interaction pulse wave imaging biomechanical modeling pulse wave velocity finite element modeling atherosclerosis Pulse wave imaging (PWI) is an ultrasound-based elastography method that allows indirect quantification of arterial stiffness, via estimation of pulse wave velocity (PWV) [ 1 – 4...

... 19 Asian and 19 Caucasian diameter-matched AAA patients. 3D patient-specific finite element models were generated and used to compute peak wall stress (PWS), 99th percentile wall stress (99th WS), and spatially averaged wall stress (AWS) for each AAA. In addition, 51 global geometric indices were...

.... In this study, we present a computational finite element model (FEM) of solute transport through the synovium validated by experiments on synovial explants. Unsteady diffusion of urea, a small uncharged molecule, was measured through devitalized porcine and human synovium using custom-built diffusion chambers...

... planes. We investigate the biomechanics of s-looping and use modeling to understand the nonlinear and time-variant morphogenetic shape changes. We developed physical and finite element models and validated the models using perturbation studies. The results from experiments and models show how force...

... of the 10 functional regions of interest for this study. Further, only one finite element model of the brain was used and differences such as material characteristics and mesh geometry can cause differences in model response [ 83 ]. The UCDBTM makes assumptions surrounding material characteristics...

... models. More recently, there has been an increase in research involving finite element models of human, pig, and rat brains. Much of this research has focused on how linear and rotational acceleration of the head affects the brain. These models have approached this problem from a variety of avenues...

... in joint mechanics that are a direct consequence of injury. Techniques such as image-based finite element modeling can provide in vivo joint mechanics data but can also be laborious and computationally expensive. Alternate modeling techniques that can provide similar results in a computationally efficient...

... from reconstruction of one contusion case. finite element modeling head injury brain injury skull impact facial impact brain pressure brain contusion Head injury is a major health and socioeconomic problem. To better protect the head under various crash, sport, or fall events...

... of injury criteria under complex loadings corresponding to other body regions as well. finite element modeling foot and ankle impact biomechanics complex loading axial impact inversion/eversion The human lower extremity is the most frequently injured body region of vehicle occupants...

... thickness (the “PSNUT” modeling strategy) in AAA finite element modeling and the application of this method to a diameter-matched cohort of 28 AAA geometries to assess differences in wall mechanics originating from the conventional assumption of a uniform wall thickness. For the latter, we used both...