ABSTRACT
Chapter 1 presents the outline of the book. The main topics include bone, covered in Chapters 2 through 5; soft tissues, from Chapters 6 through 11; joints, from Chapters 12 through 14; and implants, from Chapters 15 through 18. The final chapter, Chapter 19, is retrospective, summarizing some guidelines for simulation of the biomedical problems given in the book. Each topic starts by describing the structure and function of the biology and then follows the relevant finite element advanced features, such as anisotropic nonlinear material, fiber enhancement, multidimensional interpolation, UserHyper, porous media, contact wear simulation, the eXtended Finite Element Method (XFEM), and crack growth fatigue analysis. The final section models some specific biomedical problems, such as abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), intervertebral discs (IVDs), head impact, knee contact, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) cardiovascular stent, hip replacement, and mini dental implants. All modeling files are attached in the appendixes of the book.
