Finite Element Model of Human Femur

MRI data was initially used to produce a "cloud of points" representing the outer surface of a human femur. This cloud was then converted into a set of polygon surfaces. These surfaces can then be read into TrueGrid® and used as the boundary of the mesh. It is important to notice that TrueGrid® is capable of smoothing the mesh, in a variety of ways, across this collection of polygonal surfaces as if they were 1 smooth surface.

A single part in TrueGrid® is used to model a section of a human femur. The cross section of the mesh, best seen in the top view, reveals a double butterfly block structure. There are 190,560 nodes and 174,240 hexahedral (brick) elements in this model.

Femur Model
Oblique View 		Femur Model
Bottom View 		Femur Model
Top View

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