One of the key requirements for being able to simulate the human body is the ability to model various kinds of tissues – and these tissues vary significantly depending on the body region of interest. The SIMULIA Virtual Human Modeling Team has developed a tissue database by surveying close to 200 papers capturing various tissue types, including ligament, tendon, skin, fascia, annulus and nucleus in spine, bowel, lung, urinary vessel, bone, fat and muscle tissue, the constitutive models corresponding to those tissue types; and information on finite element implementations of the models where available. 

This database can help speed up your understanding of relevant tissue properties and accelerate the development or adoption of appropriate tissue model for the human body. You will be able to easily filter and find information about papers (publisher, journal, author, title, year, citation); tissue type (human gender, age, or animal); types of constitutive models; stiffness (linearity, nonlinearity, viscoelasticity, tension, compression, shear);  geometrical factors (anisotropy, fiber orientation, anatomical location); behavior (damage, fatigue, aging); and testing information (in vivo, ex vivo, in vitro, in situ), calibration algorithms, and digitization of crucial mechanical data for modeling.

For further information on the database or SIMULIA’s virtual human modeling efforts, please contact April.Deady@3ds.com.

Download the database, here: https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexperience.3ds.com/#community:39/media:17882

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