Webinar

How to Maintain Accurate Bone Geometries in Your FEA Meshes

About this webinar

The ideal numerical solution is one that is mesh-independent, yet improved meshing algorithms would lead to more reliable FEA results. Bone consists of complex geometry with a cortical and trabecular structure. In most of the FEA analysis, the trabecular bone is represented as a bulky volume inside the cortical bone. However, since the trabecular bone has a complex inhomogeneous structure, this simplification could have a significant effect on the accuracy of your simulation.


Dr. William Parr wanted to compare these two approaches using a simplified trabecular bone geometry and the actual trabecular bone structure in the ankle. Due to the bone’s complex geometry, it is difficult to maintain geometrical accuracy while converting the micro-CT scan into a high-quality FEA mesh. This led Dr. Parr to collaborate with Materialise’s R&D team to find easier ways of creating complex trabecular bone FEA meshes. During this webinar, he provided insight into his workflow and the results of his research.

What you will learn

  • How Dr. Parr generated computational models which allow him to test hypotheses around bone geometry and its relationship to bone mechanical environment
  • How he modeled bone morphology and biomechanics accurately
  • The factors that modeling accurate geometry depends on
  • The computational tools which can handle working efficiently with large datasets from high-resolution digital imaging

Speakers

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Dr. William Parr

University of New South Wales, Australia


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