Revista de biometría y bioestadística

Meshless Methods: The Future of Computational Biomechanical Simulation

Abstract

Belinha J

Meshless methods are advanced discretization techniques, which permit to discretize the problem physical domain with an unstructured nodal cloud. This discretization flexibility allows obtaining the geometrical model directly from medical images, such as computerized axial tomography (CAT) scans or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques. Then, it is possible to analyse straightforwardly the biomechanical behaviour of biological structures. When compared with other mesh-dependent discretization techniques, meshless methods are capable of producing smoother and much more accurate stress and strain fields. The literature shows that meshless methods have the potential to be the future of biomechanical computational simulation.