Anisotropic validation of hexahedral meshes for composite materials in biomechanics
Matthias Müller‐Hannemann, Cornelia Kober, Robert Alexander Sader, Hans‐Florian Zeilhofer · 2001
We use a concrete simulation scenario to study the effect of hexahedral mesh size and mesh quality on the accuracy of the solution of a finite element analysis (FEA). Our test cases stem from biomedical research. We investigate a composite two-material model of a piece of bone from the human mandible on which we simulate a bite. In particular, we are interested whether material properties (soft vs. hard and isotropic vs. anisotropic) have a significant impact on the accuracy which can be achieved for the different kind of meshes.