Finite element analysis (FEA) is a technique that reconstructs stress, strain, and deformation
in a digital structure. Although commonplace in engineering and orthopedic science for …

Biological materials have a wide range of mechanical properties matching their biological
function. This is achieved via complex structural hierarchies, spanning many length scales …

Changes in the technology of food preparation over the last few thousand years (especially
cooking, softening, and grinding) are hypothesized to have contributed to smaller facial size …

It has been suggested that the large theropod dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex was capable of
producing extremely powerful bite forces and resisting multi–directional loading generated …

In addition to their role in skull growth, sutures are sites of flexibility between the more rigid
bones. Depending on the suture, predominant loading during life may be either tensile or …

The mammalian cranium (skull without lower jaw) is representative of mammalian diversity
and is thus of particular interest to mammalian biologists across disciplines. One widely …

This article reports the use of simple beam and finite‐element models to investigate the
relationship between rostral shape and biomechanical performance in living crocodilians …

Crucial to the interpretation of the results of any finite element analysis of a skeletal system is
a test of the validity of the results and an assessment of the sensitivity of the model …

Sutures form an integral part of the functioning skull, but their role has long been debated
among vertebrate morphologists and palaeontologists. Furthermore, the relationship …

The sutures of the skulls of vertebrates are generally open early in life and slowly close as
maturity is attained. The assumption that all vertebrates follow this pattern of progressive …