1,441
Views
56
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
PROFFERED PAPERS

Finite element analysis (FEA): Applying an engineering method to functional morphology in anthropology and human biology

Pages 609-623 | Received 23 Apr 2009, Published online: 09 Sep 2009

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Read on this site (2)

Jiao Fu, Ji Zhang, Yuan Wang, Qigao Jiangzuo & Shi-Qi Wang. (2022) Finite element analysis of the hemimandible of the giant deer, Sinomegaceros pachyosteus, revealing its feeding potentialities. Historical Biology 0:0, pages 1-8.
Read now
P. David Polly, C. Tristan Stayton, Elizabeth R. Dumont, Stephanie E. Pierce, Emily J. Rayfield & Kenneth D. Angielczyk. (2016) Combining geometric morphometrics and finite element analysis with evolutionary modeling: towards a synthesis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36:4.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (54)

Y Xiao, N Fani, F Tavangarian & C Peco. (2024) Nested structure role in the mechanical response of spicule inspired fibers. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 19:4, pages 046008.
Crossref
Ali Najafzadeh, María Hernaiz-García, Stefano Benazzi, Bernard Chen, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Ottmar Kullmer, Ariel Pokhojaev, Rachel Sarig, Rita Sorrentino, Antonino Vazzana & Luca Fiorenza. (2024) Finite element analysis of Neanderthal and early Homo sapiens maxillary central incisor. Journal of Human Evolution 189, pages 103512.
Crossref
Ingmar Werneburg & Holger Preuschoft. (2024) Evolution of the temporal skull openings in land vertebrates: A hypothetical framework on the basis of biomechanics. The Anatomical Record 307:4, pages 1559-1593.
Crossref
Piaopiao Qiu, Rongkai Cao, Zhaoyang Li & Zhen Fan. (2024) A comprehensive biomechanical evaluation of length and diameter of dental implants using finite element analyses: A systematic review. Heliyon 10:5, pages e26876.
Crossref
Olga Panagiotopoulou, Dale Robinson, Jose Iriarte-Diaz, David Ackland, Andrea B. Taylor & Callum F. Ross. (2023) Dynamic finite element modelling of the macaque mandible during a complete mastication gape cycle. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 378:1891.
Crossref
Do‐Hyun Kim. 2023. The Application of Heat in Oncology. The Application of Heat in Oncology 31 44 .
SALEH MOBASSERI, AZAM ZARE & MAZIAR JANGHORBAN. (2023) DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF DRAGONFLY WING VEINS INCLUDING THE ROLE OF HEMOLYMPH. Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology.
Crossref
L. Chapuis, K. E. Yopak & C. A. Radford. (2023) From the morphospace to the soundscape: Exploring the diversity and functional morphology of the fish inner ear, with a focus on elasmobranchs. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 154:3, pages 1526-1538.
Crossref
Pranav N. Haravu, Miguel Gonzalez, Shelby L. Nathan, Callum F. Ross, Olga Panagiotopoulou & Russell R. Reid. (2023) The biomechanics of chewing and suckling in the infant: A potential mechanism for physiologic metopic suture closure. PLOS Computational Biology 19:6, pages e1011227.
Crossref
Amanda L. Smith, Julian Davis, Olga Panagiotopoulou, Andrea B. Taylor, Chris Robinson, Carol V. Ward, William H. Kimbel, Zeresenay Alemseged & Callum F. Ross. (2023) Does the model reflect the system? When two-dimensional biomechanics is not ‘good enough’. Journal of The Royal Society Interface 20:198.
Crossref
W. Brett Johnson, Aaron Young, Stephen Goldman, Jon Wilson, Joseph F. Alderete & W. Lee Childers. (2023) Exoskeletal solutions to enable mobility with a lower leg fracture in austere environments. Wearable Technologies 4.
Crossref
Vanshita, Akash Garg & Hitesh Kumar Dewangan. (2022) Recent Advances in Drug Design and Delivery Across Biological Barriers Using Computational Models. Letters in Drug Design & Discovery 19:10, pages 865-876.
Crossref
Alicia Blasi-Toccacceli, Guillaume Daver & Mathieu Domalain. (2022) A review of Multibody Dynamic versus Finite Element Analyses applied in palaeoanthropology: what can we expect for the study of hominin postcranial remains?Revue des Analyses Dynamiques Multicorps versus Eléments Finis appliquées en paléoanthropologie : que pouvons-nous en attendre pour l’étude des restes postcrâniens d’hominines ?. Bulletins et mémoires de la société d'anthropologie de Paris 34:2.
Crossref
Kirsty McWhinnie, Jeremy Gibson, Magnus Gislason, Elizabeth Tanner, James Windmill, RCraig Albertson & Kevin Parsons. (2022) Assessing the Levels of Functional Adaptation: Finite Element Analysis Reveals Species, Hybrid, and Sexual Variation in the Biomechanics of African Cichlid Mandibles. Evolutionary Biology 49:2, pages 205-220.
Crossref
D Rex Mitchell, Stephen Wroe, Matthew J Ravosa & Rachel A Menegaz. (2021) More Challenging Diets Sustain Feeding Performance: Applications Toward the Captive Rearing of Wildlife. Integrative Organismal Biology 3:1.
Crossref
Rushikesh S. Ambekar, Brijesh Kushwaha, Pradeep Sharma, Federico Bosia, Massimiliano Fraldi, Nicola M. Pugno & Chandra S. Tiwary. (2021) Topologically engineered 3D printed architectures with superior mechanical strength. Materials Today 48, pages 72-94.
Crossref
Nico Sollmann, Nithin Manohar Rayudu, Long Yu Yeung, Anjany Sekuboyina, Egon Burian, Michael Dieckmeyer, Maximilian T. Löffler, Benedikt J. Schwaiger, Alexandra S. Gersing, Jan S. Kirschke, Thomas Baum & Karupppasamy Subburaj. (2021) MDCT-Based Finite Element Analyses: Are Measurements at the Lumbar Spine Associated with the Biomechanical Strength of Functional Spinal Units of Incidental Osteoporotic Fractures along the Thoracolumbar Spine?. Diagnostics 11:3, pages 455.
Crossref
Shahab Eshghi, Vahid Nooraeefar, Abolfazl Darvizeh, Stanislav N. Gorb & Hamed Rajabi. (2020) WingMesh: A Matlab-Based Application for Finite Element Modeling of Insect Wings. Insects 11:8, pages 546.
Crossref
R. Vivek Suganthan, S. Meenatchi Sundaram, S. Ve Ramesh, Thomas Rinu, R. Pai, Shah Mohammed Abdul Khader, Manali Hazarika & H. Girish. 2020. Advances in Control Instrumentation Systems. Advances in Control Instrumentation Systems 173 181 .
Emily J. Rayfield. 2019. Feeding in Vertebrates. Feeding in Vertebrates 45 70 .
Andrea B. Taylor. 2018. The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology 1 5 .
Janina Wellmann. (2018) Model and movement: studying cell movement in early morphogenesis, 1900 to the present. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 40:3.
Crossref
Do‐Hyun Kim. 2018. Theory and Applications of Heat Transfer in Humans. Theory and Applications of Heat Transfer in Humans 153 166 .
Sergey Shityakov & Carola Y. Förster. (2018) Computational simulation and modeling of the blood–brain barrier pathology. Histochemistry and Cell Biology 149:5, pages 451-459.
Crossref
Tim Peterson & Gerd B. Müller. (2018) Developmental finite element analysis of cichlid pharyngeal jaws: Quantifying the generation of a key innovation. PLOS ONE 13:1, pages e0189985.
Crossref
Sabrina C. Curran. 2018. Methods in Paleoecology. Methods in Paleoecology 319 337 .
Fabio Di Vincenzo, Antonio Profico, Federico Bernardini, Vittorio Cerroni, Diego Dreossi, Stefan Schlager, Paola Zaio, Stefano Benazzi, Italo Biddittu, Mauro Rubini, Claudio Tuniz & Giorgio Manzi. (2017) Digital reconstruction of the Ceprano calvarium (Italy), and implications for its interpretation. Scientific Reports 7:1.
Crossref
Rozilene Maria Cota Aroeira, Antônio Eustáquio de Melo Pertence, Daniel Takanori Kemmoku & Marcelo Greco. (2017) Three-dimensional geometric model of the middle segment of the thoracic spine based on graphical images for finite element analysis. Research on Biomedical Engineering 33:2, pages 97-104.
Crossref
M S Zamil & A Geitmann. (2017) The middle lamella—more than a glue. Physical Biology 14:1, pages 015004.
Crossref
Rozilene Maria C. Aroeira, Estevam B. de Las Casas, Antônio Eustáquio M. Pertence, Marcelo Greco & João Manuel R.S. Tavares. (2016) Non-invasive methods of computer vision in the posture evaluation of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies 20:4, pages 832-843.
Crossref
Veronica Argesanu, Raul Miklos Kulcsar, Ion Silviu Borozan, Mihaela Jula, Felicia Streian, Andrei Zoltan Farkas & Carmen Sticlaru. (2016) Highlighting the maxillofacial trauma influence on posture by FEA modeling simulation. Highlighting the maxillofacial trauma influence on posture by FEA modeling simulation.
Marie R. G. Attard, Laura A. B. Wilson, Trevor H. Worthy, Paul Scofield, Peter Johnston, William C. H. Parr & Stephen Wroe. (2016) Moa diet fits the bill: virtual reconstruction incorporating mummified remains and prediction of biomechanical performance in avian giants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283:1822, pages 20152043.
Crossref
Matthew R. McCurry, Alistair R. Evans & Colin R. McHenry. (2015) The sensitivity of biological finite element models to the resolution of surface geometry: a case study of crocodilian crania. PeerJ 3, pages e988.
Crossref
Ghazaleh Rostaminia & Steven Abramowitch. (2015) Finite Element Modeling in Female Pelvic Floor Medicine: a Literature Review. Current Obstetrics and Gynecology Reports 4:2, pages 125-131.
Crossref
Sameer Jade, Kelli H. Tamvada, David S. Strait & Ian R. Grosse. (2014) Finite element analysis of a femur to deconstruct the paradox of bone curvature. Journal of Theoretical Biology 341, pages 53-63.
Crossref
David S. Strait, Paul Constantino, Peter W. Lucas, Brian G. Richmond, Mark A. Spencer, Paul C. Dechow, Callum F. Ross, Ian R. Grosse, Barth W. Wright, Bernard A. Wood, Gerhard W. Weber, Qian Wang, Craig Byron, Dennis E. Slice, Janine Chalk, Amanda L. Smith, Leslie C. Smith, Sarah Wood, Michael Berthaume, Stefano Benazzi, Christine Dzialo, Kelli Tamvada & Justin A. Ledogar. (2013) Viewpoints: Diet and dietary adaptations in early hominins: The hard food perspective. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 151:3, pages 339-355.
Crossref
Christopher W. Walmsley, Peter D. Smits, Michelle R. Quayle, Matthew R. McCurry, Heather S. Richards, Christopher C. Oldfield, Stephen Wroe, Phillip D. Clausen & Colin R. McHenry. (2013) Why the Long Face? The Mechanics of Mandibular Symphysis Proportions in Crocodiles. PLoS ONE 8:1, pages e53873.
Crossref
Susan C. Kuzminsky & Megan S. Gardiner. (2012) Three-dimensional laser scanning: potential uses for museum conservation and scientific research. Journal of Archaeological Science 39:8, pages 2744-2751.
Crossref
Babak Sarrafpour, Chaiy Rungsiyakull, Michael Swain, Qing Li & Hans Zoellner. (2012) Finite element analysis suggests functional bone strain accounts for continuous post-eruptive emergence of teeth. Archives of Oral Biology 57:8, pages 1070-1078.
Crossref
W.C.H. Parr, S. Wroe, U. Chamoli, H.S. Richards, M.R. McCurry, P.D. Clausen & C. McHenry. (2012) Toward integration of geometric morphometrics and computational biomechanics: New methods for 3D virtual reconstruction and quantitative analysis of Finite Element Models. Journal of Theoretical Biology 301, pages 1-14.
Crossref
Hugh E. Berryman, Alicja K. Lanfear & Natalie R. Shirley. 2012. A Companion to Forensic Anthropology. A Companion to Forensic Anthropology 390 399 .
Robert Peyton Wilkes, Deepak V. Kilpad, Yabin Zhao, Richard Kazala & Amy McNulty. (2011) Closed Incision Management With Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (CIM). Surgical Innovation 19:1, pages 67-75.
Crossref
O. Panagiotopoulou, S. D. Wilshin, E. J. Rayfield, S. J. Shefelbine & J. R. Hutchinson. (2011) What makes an accurate and reliable subject-specific finite element model? A case study of an elephant femur. Journal of The Royal Society Interface 9:67, pages 351-361.
Crossref
Gerhardus J. Jansen van Rensburg, Daniel N. Wilke & Schalk Kok. (2012) Human skull shape and masticatory induced stress: Objective comparison through the use of non‐rigid registration. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering 28:1, pages 170-185.
Crossref
Olga Panagiotopoulou & Samuel N. Cobb. (2011) The mechanical significance of morphological variation in the macaque mandibular symphysis during mastication. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 146:2, pages 253-261.
Crossref
Uphar Chamoli & Stephen Wroe. (2011) Allometry in the distribution of material properties and geometry of the felid skull: Why larger species may need to change and how they may achieve it. Journal of Theoretical Biology 283:1, pages 217-226.
Crossref
Gerhard W. Weber, Fred L. Bookstein & David S. Strait. (2011) Virtual anthropology meets biomechanics. Journal of Biomechanics 44:8, pages 1429-1432.
Crossref
Samuel N. Cobb & Olga Panagiotopoulou. (2011) Balancing the spatial demands of the developing dentition with the mechanical demands of the catarrhine mandibular symphysis. Journal of Anatomy 218:1, pages 96-111.
Crossref
Mika Nakashige, Amanda L. Smith & David S. Strait. (2011) Biomechanics of the macaque postorbital septum investigated using finite element analysis: implications for anthropoid evolution. Journal of Anatomy 218:1, pages 142-150.
Crossref
Olga Panagiotopoulou, Kornelius Kupczik & Samuel N. Cobb. (2011) The mechanical function of the periodontal ligament in the macaque mandible: a validation and sensitivity study using finite element analysis. Journal of Anatomy 218:1, pages 75-86.
Crossref
Mark A. Haidekker & Geoff Dougherty. 2011. Medical Image Processing. Medical Image Processing 193 225 .
Sigal Portnoy & Amit Gefen. 2012. Patient-Specific Modeling in Tomorrow's Medicine. Patient-Specific Modeling in Tomorrow's Medicine 441 459 .
Christian Peter Klingenberg. (2010) Evolution and development of shape: integrating quantitative approaches. Nature Reviews Genetics 11:9, pages 623-635.
Crossref
Frederick E. Grine, Stefan Judex, David J. Daegling, Engin Ozcivici, Peter S. Ungar, Mark F. Teaford, Matt Sponheimer, Jessica Scott, Robert S. Scott & Alan Walker. (2010) Craniofacial biomechanics and functional and dietary inferences in hominin paleontology. Journal of Human Evolution 58:4, pages 293-308.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.