Numerical Methods and Advanced Simulation in Biomechanics and Biological Processes

Miguel Cerrolaza · Sandra Shefelbine · Diego Garzón-Alvarado

Dec 2017 · Academic Press

About this ebook

Numerical Methods and Advanced Simulation in Biomechanics and Biological Processes covers new and exciting modeling methods to help bioengineers tackle problems for which the Finite Element Method is not appropriate. The book covers a wide range of important subjects in the field of numerical methods applied to biomechanics, including bone biomechanics, tissue and cell mechanics, 3D printing, computer assisted surgery and fluid dynamics. Modeling strategies, technology and approaches are continuously evolving as the knowledge of biological processes increases. Both theory and applications are covered, making this an ideal book for researchers, students and R&D professionals. - Provides non-conventional analysis methods for modeling - Covers the Discrete Element Method (DEM), Particle Methods (PM), MessLess and MeshFree Methods (MLMF), Agent-Based Methods (ABM), Lattice-Boltzmann Methods (LBM) and Boundary Integral Methods (BIM) - Includes contributions from several world renowned experts in their fields - Compares pros and cons of each method to help you decide which method is most applicable to solving specific problems

About the author

International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain. Email: [e-mail] M. Cerrolaza is Civil Engineer from the Central University of Venezuela. Currently he is Full Research Professor at the International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (BarcelonaTech) and Associate Professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Founder and first director of the National Institute of Bioengineering (Venezuela). He coordinated/collaborated in RTD projects supported by the European Commission, the National Science Foundation and Spanish government. He has delivered many invited/plenary conferences and seminars and has taught courses in Finite Elements, Elasticity, Biomechanics and Continuum Mechanics. His research areas are computational biomechanics, numerical methods, bone remodeling, boundary elements

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering & Department of BioengineeringNortheastern University, Boston, USA. Email: [e-mail] Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Department of Bioengineering at Northeastern University. She was a National Science Foundation International Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Institute for Orthopedic Biomechanics and completed further post-doctoral research in the Department of Radiology (University of California in San Francisco). She has received several teaching awards for her undergraduate and graduate teaching: Imperial College London Rector’s Medal of Excellence in Teaching, Royal Academy of Engineering Exxon Mobil Teaching, Faculty of Engineering Outstanding Teaching. Her research areas are multi-scale bone biomechanics and mechano-adaptation of bone and joints.

Department of Mechanics and Mechatronic Eng., National University of Colombia, Bogotá, ColombiaEmail: [e-mail]. Garzón-Alvarado has an MSc. in Mechanical Engineering and an MSc. in Materials and Manufacturing Processes from the National University of Colombia. Currently he is Full Professor at Department of Mechanics and Mechatronic Engineering of the National University of Colombia. He was Visiting Professor at Northeastern University. He coordinated/collaborated in RTD projects funded by the Colombian Ministry of Science (COLCIENCIAS). He has taught courses in Dynamic Systems in Biology, Biomechanics, Continuum Mechanics, Finite Elements. He has also delivered several invited/plenary conferences and seminars. Research areas: morphogenesis and endochondral ossification, computational biomechanics, boundary and finite elements