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JBiomech.2011Aug1144(12):233743.doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.05.006.Epub2011Jul13.

Comparisonofhexahedralandtetrahedralelementsinfiniteelementanalysisofthefootand
footwear.
TadepalliSC1,ErdemirA,CavanaghPR.

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Finiteelementanalysishasbeenwidelyusedinthefieldoffootandfootwearbiomechanicstodetermineplantarpressuresaswellasstresses
andstrainswithinsofttissueandfootwearmaterials.Whendealingwithanatomicalstructuressuchasthefoot,hexahedralmeshgeneration
accountsformostofthemodeldevelopmenttimeduetogeometriccomplexitiesimposedbybranchingandembeddedstructures.Tetrahedral
meshing,whichcanbemoreeasilyautomated,hasbeentheapproachofchoicetodateinfootandfootwearbiomechanics.Hereweusethe
nonlinearfiniteelementprogramAbaqus(Simulia,Providence,RI)toexaminetheadvantagesanddisadvantagesoftetrahedraland
hexahedralelementsundercompressionandshearloading,materialincompressibility,andfrictionalcontactconditions,whicharecommonly
seeninfootandfootwearbiomechanics.Thisstudydemonstratedthatforarangeofsimulationconditions,hybridhexahedralelements
(AbaqusC3D8H)consistentlyperformedwellwhilehybridlineartetrahedralelements(AbaqusC3D4H)performedpoorly.Ontheotherhand,
enhancedquadratictetrahedralelementswithimprovedstressvisualization(AbaqusC3D10I)performedaswellasthehybridhexahedral
elementsintermsofcontactpressureandcontactshearstresspredictions.Althoughtheenhancedquadratictetrahedralelementsimulations
werecomputationallyexpensivecomparedtohexahedralelementsimulationsinbothbarefootandfootwearconditions,theenhanced
quadratictetrahedralelementformulationseemstobeverypromisingforfootandfootwearapplicationsasaresultofdecreasedlaborand
expeditedmodeldevelopment,allrelatedtofacilitatedmeshgeneration.
Copyright2011.PublishedbyElsevierLtd.

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