The use of the Finite Element Method (FE) is an appropriate way to study occlusal forces and tooth movement. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of different occlusal contact patterns on tooth displacement in an adult dentition using a three-dimensional FE model of a human maxilla and mandible. Initially, images of a computerized tomography scan were redrawn in a computer prog...

In this paper we propose a new general framework for the application of the nonlinear finite element method (FEM) to nonrigid motion analysis. We construct the models by integrating image data and prior knowledge, using well-established techniques from computer vision, structural mechanics, and computer-aided design (CAD). These techniques guide the process of optimization of mesh models. Linea...

The time-domain finite-element method (TD–FEM) is a reliable numerical method for room acoustics simulation. With the recent progress in computer technology, the use of FEM at high frequencies has become a realistic option. However, efficient simulation at high frequencies is still cited as a challenging task. One of the key to realize such simulation is to reduce the discretization error calle...

We present a new FEM (Finite Element Method) model for the 3D reconstruction of a deforming scene using as sole input a calibrated video sequence. Our approach extends the recently proposed 2D thin-plate FEM+EKF (Extended Kalman Filter) combination. Thinplate FEM is an approximation that models a deforming 3D thin solid as a surface, and then discretizes the surface as a mesh of planar triangle...

In this paper, a coupled numerical method of the edge-based smoothed finite element (ES-FEM) with the fast multipole BEM (FM-BEM) is proposed to analyze structural acoustic problems. The vibrating structure is modeled using the so-called ES-FEM-DSG3 method, where the 3-node linear triangle plate elements based on the Reissner–Mindlin plate theory with the discrete shear gap (DSG) technique for ...

BACKGROUND Osteoporosis is defined as a skeletal disorder characterized by compromised bone strength due to a reduction of bone mass and deterioration of bone microstructure predisposing an individual to an increased risk of fracture. Trabecular bone microstructure analysis and finite element models (FEM) have shown to improve the prediction of bone strength beyond bone mineral density (BMD) me...

build full size prototypes and test and measure the stresses (with strain gauges, etc) A general overview of the use of the Finite Element Method (FEM) is given. It describes how FEM supplements industry use FEM. design codes when dealing with non-standard shapes or The first mentioned choice is on one hand risky and on the complex loading conditions. It covers the reasons for the use other may...

A hybrid finite-element-method/method-of-moments (FEM/MoM) approach is applied to the analysis of a gapped power-bus structure on a printed circuit board. FEM is used to model the details of the structure. MoM is used to provide a radiation boundary condition to terminate the FEM mesh. Numerical results exhibit significant errors when the FEM/MoM boundary is chosen to coincide with the physical...

Finite element methods (FEM) are generally used in cardiac 3D-electromechanical modeling. For FEM modeling, a step of a suitable mesh construction is required, which is non-trivial and time-consuming for complex geometries. A meshless method is proposed to avoid meshing. The smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method was used to solve an electrophysiological model on a left ventricle extracte...

In this paper we consider the standard bilinear nite element method (FEM) and the corresponding streamline diiusion FEM for the singularly perturbed elliptic boundary value problem ?" (@ 2 u @x 2 + @ 2 u @y 2) ? b(x; y) ru + a (x; y)u = f (x; y) in the two space dimensions. By using the asymptotic expansion method of Vishik and Lyusternik 42] and the technique we used in 25, 26], we prove that ...