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ArtiSynth: A Fast Interactive Biomechanical Modeling Toolkit Combining Multibody and Finite Element Simulation

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Part of the book series: Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials ((SMTEB,volume 11))

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ArtiSynth (http://www.artisynth.org) is an open source, Java-based biomechanical simulation environment for modeling complex anatomical systems composed of both rigid and deformable structures. Models can be built from a rich set of components, including particles, rigid bodies, finite elements with both linear and nonlinear materials, point-to-point muscles, and various bilateral and unilateral constraints including contact. A state-of-the-art physics simulator provides forward simulation capabilities that combine multibody and finite element models. Inverse simulation capabilities allow the computation of the muscle activations needed to achieve prescribed target motions. ArtiSynth is highly interactive, with component parameters and state variables exposed as properties that can be interactively read and adjusted as the simulation proceeds. Streams of input and output data, used for controlling or observing the simulation, can be viewed, arranged, and edited on an interactive timeline display, and support is provided for the graphical editing of model structures.

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    For further details refer to: http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/matlab_external/

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    Since the ODE contains algebraic constraints, it is technically a differential algebraic equation, or DAE.

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    The case of multiple masters arises if we connect a particle to an FEM element, in which case each of the elements’ nodes acts as a master of the particle.

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    The addition of unilateral constraints leads to a more complex mathematical programming problem with complementarity constraints (MPCC).

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Lloyd, J.E., Stavness, I., Fels, S. (2012). ArtiSynth: A Fast Interactive Biomechanical Modeling Toolkit Combining Multibody and Finite Element Simulation. In: Payan, Y. (eds) Soft Tissue Biomechanical Modeling for Computer Assisted Surgery. Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/8415_2012_126

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