FEA in Biology | FEA basics

Finite element analysis (FEA) is one of the mostly widely used engineering analysis techniques in the world today. Engineers employ FEA to simulate how a physical system (usually an engineered product or manufacturing process) will respond to expected loading conditions. Practical applications of FEA include structural analysis of bridges and buildings, impact or crash analysis of automobiles, aerodynamic analysis of airplanes and airfoils, electromagnetic analysis of AC and DC motors, injection molding simulation of plastic parts, fluid flow analysis in channels and pipes and heat transfer through residential and commercial buildings. Finite element analysis is based on the fundamental physical principles that govern the behavior of these physical systems. Since biological systems must obey the same fundamental physical principles, the physical response of biological systems to known loading conditions can also be predicted using FEA. For simplicity this brief introduction to finite element modeling will be restricted to elasticity or structural analysis applications.

FEA Basics