Three-dimensional elasto-plastic soil modelling and analysis of sauropod tracks

Three-dimensional elasto-plastic soil modelling and analysis of sauropod tracks

This paper reports the use of FEA (Finite Element Analysis) to model dinosaur tracks. Satisfactory reproductions of sauropod ichnites were simulated using 3D numerical models of the elasto-plastic behaviour of soils. Though the modelling was done of ichnites in situ at the Miraflores I tracksite (So...

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Main Authors: Eugenio Sanz, Antonio Arcos, Carlos Pascual, Ignacio Menendez Pidal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2016-06-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Subjects:
Sauropoda
ichnology
3D
mathematical simulation
elasto-plastic model
soil mechanics
Spain
Miraflores tracksite
Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app61/app000982014.pdf

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