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Finite element analysis

A numerical method that divides a structure into a mesh of small elements to estimate how it deforms and where stress concentrates under load; used in engineering and, on digital models of bone, in biomechanics.

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Bite simulations split eight ancient armoured fish into crushers and piercers

Flinders University researchers loaded 3D models of placoderm jaw plates from a Western Australian reef and found the smallest and the largest species both had the strongest jaws for hard food, built on opposite designs.

Publishers:phys.org

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