Affiliation:
1. Institute for Mechanics Computational Mechanics Technical University of Darmstadt Germany
2. Multiscale Engineering Fluid Dynamics Group Eindhoven University of Technology The Netherlands
Abstract
AbstractTo prevent remeshing, we explore the use of a non‐boundary‐fitted finite element method for the computational modeling of growth including contact mechanics. Accordingly, we utilize a mesh‐related mapping procedure for the use of implicit geometry description by a level set function within the framework of immersed methods. Hence, our framework provides a setting to include patient‐specific geometries based on imaging data as we use a level set function for the implicit geometry description. In this contribution, we show that the proposed approach is a viable alternative for problems with mesh‐related obstacles, in particular when large growth simulations on complex patient‐specific geometries are of primary interest.
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics