First day (Jordi Marcé-Nogué).
1. An introduction to the use of Finite Element Analysis (FEA):
1.1. Mathematical model, features, and practical procedure.
2. Basic continuum mechanics:
2.1. Stress, displacements, strain, constitutive equations.
2.2. Failure criteria on elastic materials.
Second day (Jordi Marcé-Nogué).
3. Theoretical approach to Meshing:
3.1. Types of mesh.
3.2. Mesh generation.
3.3. How to evaluate a mesh (quality and reliability).
3.4. Recommendations for a good practice.
4. Material Properties:
4.1. Biomechanical properties of the bones to be used in FEA.
4.2. Considerations for non-lineal materials to understand the modelling of soft tissues.
Third day (Jordi Marcé-Nogué).
5. 2D Plane models reconstruction:
5.1. Theoretical tools for the creation of 2D plane FEA biomechanical models of biological structures.
5.2. A practical guided example
Fourth day (Josep Fortuny and Jordi Marcé-Nogué).
6. 3D FEA models
6.1. Introduction to 3d Digitalization of biological models
6.2. Theoretical tools for the creation of 3D FEA models of biological structures.
6.3. A practical guided example: Biological Implications. Interpretation of the results.
Fifth day (Josep Fortuny and Jordi Marcé-Nogué).
7. Analysis of the FEA results
7.1. Interpretation of the results
7.2. Comparative methods
7.3. Validation of the models
Sixth day (Josep Fortuny and Jordi Marcé-Nogué).
8. Presentation and discussion of future models
