Meshfree and particle methods in biomechanics: Prospects and challenges

LW Zhang, AS Ademiloye, KM Liew - Archives of Computational Methods …, 2019 - Springer
The use of meshfree and particle methods in the field of bioengineering and biomechanics
has significantly increased. This may be attributed to their unique abilities to overcome most …

Particularly optimized enriched element-free Galerkin method (POE-EFGM) for orthotropic fracture analysis of cortical bone

A Kumar, R Ghosh - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2021 - Elsevier
Osteon orientations play a critical role in defining the orthotropic properties of cortical bone.
Cortical bone has different mechanical and materials properties in longitudinal and …

Analysis of antisymmetric cross-ply laminates using high-order shear deformation theories: a meshless approach

DES Rodrigues, J Belinha, L Dinis… - Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2020 - Springer
For many years finite element method (FEM) was the chosen numerical method for the
analysis of composite structures. However, in the last 20 years, the scientific community has …

A bio-inspired remodelling algorithm combined with a natural neighbour meshless method to obtain optimized functionally graded materials

AI Pais, JL Alves, J Belinha - Engineering Analysis with Boundary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent developments suggest the use of triply periodic minimal surfaces (such as the
gyroid) as a possibility for bone tissue scaffold. Moreover, through functional gradients of …

A new numerical approach to mechanically analyse biological structures

M Marques, J Belinha, L Dinis… - Computer Methods in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In this work, an advanced discretization meshless technique is used to study the structural
response of a human brain due to an impact load. The 2D and 3D brain geometrical models …

Biomechanics of the Vestibular System: A Numerical Simulation

CF Santos, J Belinha, F Gentil, M Parente… - … in Biomechanics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The vestibular system is located in the posterior portion of the inner ear. It is a key
component to our sense of balance and movement. Any changes in this system can cause …

Determination of the anisotropic mechanical properties of bone tissue using a homogenization technique combined with meshless methods

M Marques, J Belinha, AF Oliveira… - Advances in Biomechanics …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bone has different functional requirements at different scales, from the macroscale to the
microscale. Bone remodeling has as a consequence the change of the bone morphology at …

Radial Point Interpolation Meshless Methods for applications in Mechan-ics and Biomechanics

J Belinha - XLIV Ibero-Latin American Congress on …, 2023 - publicacoes.softaliza.com.br
Computational mechanics emerged alongside the advent of the first computers and has
undergone significant development since then. Presently, the literature describes numerous …

Dynamic Analysis of a Rotating FGM Beam with the Point Interpolation Method

C Du, X Gao, D Zhang, X Zhou - International Journal of …, 2022 - World Scientific
The dynamic characteristics of a hub-functionally graded material beam undergoing large
overall motions are studied. The deformation field of the flexible beam is described by using …

[PDF][PDF] Dynamic analysis of a FGM beam with the point interpolation method

C Du, X Gao, D Zhang, X Zhou… - THE 11TH …, 2020 - sci-en-tech.com
The dynamic characteristics of a hub-functionally graded material beam undergoing large
overall motions are studied. The deformation field of the flexible beam is described by using …