A Comparison of Numerical Methods used for Finite Element Modelling of Soft Tissue Deformation
Soft tissue deformation is often modelled using incompressible nonlinear elasticity, with solutions computed using the finite element method. There are a range of options available when using the finite element method, in particular, the polynomial degree of the basis functions used for interpol...
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| author | Pathmanathan, P Whiteley, J Gavaghan, D |
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| description | Soft tissue deformation is often modelled using incompressible nonlinear elasticity, with solutions computed using the finite element method. There are a range of options available when using the finite element method, in particular, the polynomial degree of the basis functions used for interpolating position and pressure, and the type of element making up the mesh. We investigate the effect of these choices on the accuracy of the computed solution, using a selection of model problems motivated by typical deformations seen in soft tissue modelling. We set up model problems with discontinuous material properties (as is the case for the breast), steeply changing gradients in the body force (as found in contracting cardiac tissue), and discontinuous first derivatives in the solution at the boundary, caused by a discontinuous applied force (as in the breast during mammography). We find that the choice of pressure basis functions are vital in the presence of a material interface, higher-order schemes do not perform as well as may be expected when there are sharp gradients, and in general that it is important to take the expected regularity of the solution into account when choosing a numerical scheme. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:b8a083b5-e3ee-4fe1-84b6-d43a9a0003ad2022-03-27T04:57:08ZA Comparison of Numerical Methods used for Finite Element Modelling of Soft Tissue Deformation Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:b8a083b5-e3ee-4fe1-84b6-d43a9a0003adMathematical Institute - ePrints2009Pathmanathan, PWhiteley, JGavaghan, D Soft tissue deformation is often modelled using incompressible nonlinear elasticity, with solutions computed using the finite element method. There are a range of options available when using the finite element method, in particular, the polynomial degree of the basis functions used for interpolating position and pressure, and the type of element making up the mesh. We investigate the effect of these choices on the accuracy of the computed solution, using a selection of model problems motivated by typical deformations seen in soft tissue modelling. We set up model problems with discontinuous material properties (as is the case for the breast), steeply changing gradients in the body force (as found in contracting cardiac tissue), and discontinuous first derivatives in the solution at the boundary, caused by a discontinuous applied force (as in the breast during mammography). We find that the choice of pressure basis functions are vital in the presence of a material interface, higher-order schemes do not perform as well as may be expected when there are sharp gradients, and in general that it is important to take the expected regularity of the solution into account when choosing a numerical scheme. |
| spellingShingle | Pathmanathan, P Whiteley, J Gavaghan, D A Comparison of Numerical Methods used for Finite Element Modelling of Soft Tissue Deformation |
| title | A Comparison of Numerical Methods used for
Finite Element Modelling of Soft Tissue
Deformation
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| title_full | A Comparison of Numerical Methods used for
Finite Element Modelling of Soft Tissue
Deformation
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| title_fullStr | A Comparison of Numerical Methods used for
Finite Element Modelling of Soft Tissue
Deformation
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| title_full_unstemmed | A Comparison of Numerical Methods used for
Finite Element Modelling of Soft Tissue
Deformation
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| title_short | A Comparison of Numerical Methods used for
Finite Element Modelling of Soft Tissue
Deformation
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| title_sort | comparison of numerical methods used for finite element modelling of soft tissue deformation |
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