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6. CONCLUSIONS
The presented in the paper simulation system Cosmoprojector, in fact, is not only the
mesh generator. The task – to simulate bone structural evolution – was divided into two
elements to enable material consolidation and separation. First - structural evolution of
the real tissue geometry by modifying the input information in the form of 2dimensional
images corresponding to the way in medical imaging), and the second -
mesh creation for the structural analysis purposes and determination of SED
distribution. Due to parallelization of both: the structural as well as volume mesh
generation, the presented remodeling simulation tool can be useful in analysis of whole
bone elements. One of directions for future research will focus on analyzing the
structure and interaction of implants with bone and trabecular bone remodeling around
implants. Another one will focus on utilizing the observed optimization phenomenon in
mechanical design, treating the pair bone-implant as a one system to design new type of
implants according to biological principles. The initial concept of the presented
simulation system was dedicated to the bone remodeling purposes. The principle of
constant strain energy density on the structural surface has a perfect analogy in the
structural optimization theory, so the presented system (with some modification) could
be also useful .for pure mechanical optimization purposes. The unique feature of such
approach is simultaneous size, shape and topology optimizations, something natural for
biological entities, but completely new in the world of mechanical design [8].
7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The author would like to thank the PhD student Hubert Hausa, who performed the
performance tests of the parallel mesh generation tool.
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