Target Outcome

Finite element representation of tissue of interest

Prerequisites

Include(Infrastructure/AuxiliarySoftware, "Infrastructure", 2, from="= Scripting & Numerical Analysis =", to="= Finite Element Analysis =")

Previous Protocols

For more details, see

["Specifications/MeshGeneration"]
["Specifications/ModelingConstitutive"]

Protocols

Input

Finite element mesh of tissue of interest; in human readable format, e.g., Abaqus input (INP) file, XML file, or as open format binary files, e.g., MED file, including
- node definitions (numbering and coordinates)
- element definitions (numbering, element-specific node numbers and connectivity)
- node set definitions (set name(s) and relevant node numbers)
- element set definitions (set name(s) and relevant element numbers)
- face definitions (numbering, face-specific node numbers and connectivity)
- surface set definitions (set name(s) and relevant face numbers)
Fit to tissue-specific stress-strain data for a desired constitutive relationship
- Constitutive relationship formulation
- Numerical values of coefficients of the constitutive relationship
- Fit error representing the quality of tissue-specific representation of material properties
Sample loading and boundary conditions (placeholder for simulations)
Sample output requests (placeholder for simulations)

Procedures

-- ["aerdemir"] DateTime(2014-02-11T12:25:52Z) This section may list general purpose procedures and alternatives to utilize the same input to reach the same output. Procedures optimized for specific tissues should also be provided in here.

Output

Assembled finite element representation of tissue of interest ready for simulation; in human readable format, e.g.,FEBio (.feb) file
- Mesh: nodes, elements, sets
- Assigned material properties
- Assigned sample loading and boundary conditions