The combination of biodegradable metals and additive manufacturing (AM) leads to a
revolutionary change of metal implants in many aspects including materials, design …

When applied to bones, statistical shape models (SSM) and statistical appearance models
(SAM) respectively describe the mean shape and mean density distribution of bones within …

Porous structures such as trabecular bone are widely seen in nature. These structures are
lightweight and exhibit strong mechanical properties. In this paper, we present a method to …

Since its original introduction in structural design, density-based topology optimization has
been applied to a number of other fields such as microelectromechanical systems …

The application of auxetic composites in practice often relies on a compromise between
properties as auxetics are mostly too porous (not dense enough or not stiff enough) to bear …

The rising cost of natural resources and environmental concerns motivate systematic design
and manufacture of more efficient structures. For that purpose, topology optimization has …

Mechanical forces act on tissues and organs inducing their movement and/or deformation.
This area is a well-known subject of research being called as biomechanics. Sometimes the …

Translation of scaffold-based bone tissue engineering (BTE) therapies to clinical use
remains, bluntly, a failure. This dearth of translated tissue engineering therapies (including …

The design of periodic microstructural composite materials to achieve specific properties has
been a major area of interest in material research. Tailoring different physical properties by …

Background The current total hip prostheses with dense femoral stems are considerably
stiffer than the host bones, which leads to such long-term complications as aseptic …