Computational Modeling & Simulation
Our Mission
We routinely use Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to simulate experimental conditions in our investigation of the musculoskeletal systems and of implant devices. We continue to expand the scope within which FEA can be implemented and have adopted this method to answer questions pertaining sports injuries, joint mechanics, and implant corrosion.
Finite Element Analysis
“Methods of FEA enable us to investigate mechanisms that would not be observable in vivo or in vitro in a highly cost-effective and relatively quicker manner.”
FEA In Study of Hip Implant Mechanics
Internal stress in the femoral head and trunnion under different conditions of simulated loading.
Von Mises Stress at the head-neck interface for -0.1o (left), 0o (middle) and 0.1o (right) angular mismatch
In Silico Modeling
Patient-specific knee and hip joints reconstructed from high resolution MRI data sets are used to study joint mechanics and soft tissue response under simulated conditions of loading. Once validated, these models are used to investigate various simulation conditions.
Finite Element Models of the knee joint and the hip joint.
