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maintained. An angle of 2 degrees proved adequate for authentic surface<br />

contours with a minimum number of elements.<br />

The resulting meshes (Figure 4.3) consisted of 3237 tetrahedral elements for<br />

MT 11,2226 for MT III, and 31 01 for MT IV. These were converted to AVS and<br />

xgobi visualization formats and MARC input format by the program extract-tetra,<br />

written by Dr. Phiilips. MARCMENTAT is a set of finite element processing and<br />

user interface software, held under kense by the <strong>University</strong> of Calgary Human<br />

Performance Lab (HPL). The MARC format files were transferred via FTP to the<br />

server at the HPL. Calculated forces, material properties, and boundary<br />

conditions were applied in MENTAT, and MARC camed out the construction and<br />

solution of finite element equations.<br />

RESULTS<br />

1. The metatarsus normal to the substrate<br />

Figures 4.5 and 4.6 show the pattern of compressive strain energy in the G.<br />

libratus metatarsus model. Figure 4.4 is a contour plot of compressive strain. The<br />

simplest visualization option, showing contour lines of strain along element sides,<br />

proved to be the most informative. Two salient patterns emerge from the results:<br />

1 ) Artifacts of the tetrahedral meshing technique are easily differentiable from<br />

informative results; 2) Regions of high strain correlate with proposed distal<br />

ligament positions and the proximal gracile portion of MT III. These points are<br />

now examined in tum.

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