TendonMech: An open source high performance code to compute the mechanical behavior of tendon fascicles | Zendy

Nikolaos Karathanasopoulos | Zendy; Panagiotis Hadjidoukas | Zendy

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TendonMech: An open source high performance code to compute the mechanical behavior of tendon fascicles

Author(s) -

Nikolaos Karathanasopoulos,

Panagiotis Hadjidoukas

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

softwarex

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.528

H-Index - 21

ISSN - 2352-7110

DOI - 10.1016/j.softx.2019.04.007

Subject(s) - fascicle , computer science , discretization , tendon , computation , structural engineering , stiffness , finite element method , software , hexapod , modulus , materials science , algorithm , composite material , anatomy , mathematics , mathematical analysis , artificial intelligence , engineering , robot , medicine , programming language

TendonMech is an open-source finite element software for the computation of the mechanical response of tendon fascicles. The software simulates the fascicle structure, accounting for both its inner composite fiber–matrix nature and for its helical structural arrangement. It allows for the simulation of a wide range (35%–65%) of fibrillar contents. The model exploits the periodicity of the helical domain, simulating the fascicle’s mechanical response through the discretization of a fascicle cross section. Thereupon, it computes the effective fascicle elastic modulus, Poisson’s ratio value and coupling torsional stiffness.

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