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Fig. 7.4 Evolution of the medium apparent density in the square bone patch (proposed material
law, irregular nodal distribution and anisotropic material properties) [
1
]
The results show that the obtained trabecular distribution is different from the
achieved trabecular architecture when an isotropic material is considered. It is
possible to observe that the obtained solution does not depend strongly on the used
nodal distribution, since the results presented in Figs.
7.3
,
7.4
are very similar.
This observation shows that the nodal distribution discretizing the problem domain
does not influence significantly the bone remodelling process.
In order to validate the material law proposed in this topic, the same problem
was analysed using the Lotz material law considering the bone as an anisotropic
