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Stress Analysis of the Human Skull due to the Insertion of Rapid Palatal Expander with Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Journal Key Engineering Materials (Volume 399)
Volume Advances in Strength of Materials
Edited by Liviu MARSAVINA
Pages 211-218
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.399.211
Citation Laurenţiu Culea et al., 2008, Key Engineering Materials, 399, 211
Online since October, 2008
Authors Laurenţiu Culea, Cristina Bratu
Keywords 3D CAD Model of Human Skull, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Rapid Palatal Expander
Abstract

The study aims at analyzing the stress state of the human skull with FEA, simulating the loads due to the insertion of rapid palatal expanders with two or four arms. A 3D CAD solid model of a human skull has been created starting from CT slices. Using FEA, forces that simulate the loads developed by the expander have been applied to the solid model of the skull to determine the stress state.

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