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FSI Analysis to Understand Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Submitted by ADINA Support on

1. We present an interesting application of ADINA FSI in the study of carpal tunnel syndrome. The analyses involve large deformations and contact of multiple flexible bodies which are immersed in a fluid:

http://www.adina.com/newsgH71.shtml

2. Please recall that we offer a very attractive academic package, for research and teaching, for university users. For more information see

http://www.adina.com/educ.shtml

FSI Analysis of the Human Coughing Mechanism

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We present an application of ADINA FSI in the study of the human coughing mechanism. The aim of the study is to help surgeons to position tracheal implants effectively. Please see

http://www.adina.com/newsgH69.shtml

You can find many other examples of applications of ADINA in the analysis of multiphysics problems here:

http://www.adina.com/multiphysics.shtml

Which program? ABAQUS, Comsol or Ansys

Submitted by Giacomo on

Hi all,



I am a PhD student at the first months. I have to choose a finite element software to study impact effect on biological soft tissues. After some web researches the softwares which seem to be more suitable are ABAQUS, Comsol Multiphisics and Ansys.

My intention is to develop an user defined material model considering the material as anisotropic porous-visco-elastic.

I would appreciate some suggestions/opinion. I am specially interested in dynamical simulations.

Giacomo

Suresh's group Fighting Malaria: Understanding the Biomechanical Properties of Red Blood Cells

Submitted by Mike Ciavarella on
Suresh's group Fighting Malaria: Understanding the Biomechanical Properties of Red Blood Cells

MIT Dean of Engineering Subra
Suresh with graduate

student David Quinn. Photo: L. Barry Hetherington

 

Rac activation by stress does not depend on Src

Submitted by Ning Wang on

It is known that platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) induced Rac activation depends on Src activity. However, we find that a local stress of physiologic magnitude via integrins can directly activate Rac GTPase rapidly, independent of the Src activity. Our finding on the stress-induced rapid Rac activation challenges the conventional wisdom on mechanotransduction and suggests that stress-induced signaling via focal adhesions does not follow signal transduction pathways induced by growth factors. To view the whole paper: