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	This PVDF-based, auscultation sensor was modeled to predetermine the optimal configuration given the applied force and desired output signal.

Finite element modeling is not just importing a three-dimensional (3D) model into a computer software package and pressing "GO." Engineers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) understand how to constrain a part or system to reflect its actual environment and usage.

Finite Element Analysis

Not only are we proficient in several third-party software packages, we have also written several custom analysis programs for clients' specific needs.

• Electromagnetism

• Frequency

• Thermal

• Fluids

• Multiphysics

• Structural

• Fatigue

• Hemodynamics

Custom Physical Simulations

SwRI engineers also develop physical simulations to validate models, run experiments, and verify device performance, such as:

• Arterial performance and blood flow

• Wound exudate flow and clotting

• Soft tissue response

• Physical structure using anthropometric data

• Gastrointestinal flow

• Skin performance

• Sweating

For more information about biomedical modeling and analysis capabilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Keith Bartels, Ph.D., at kbartels@swri.org or (210) 522-6062.

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Southwest Research Institute^® (SwRI^®), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a multidisciplinary, independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 11 technical divisions.

March 03, 2011