What about a nonfea conference, but major conference in your field that would have a technical subgroup that uses fea or other computational methods? Heck, even if it didn't have a computational subgroup, just immersing yourself in the problems of the industry and seeing what is being attempted...
Not sure what you want to animate exactly, but as a first attempt, you could assume the spine is just a rigid connection between the head and pelvis.
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I don't think there is a universal accepted standard for ankle angles. You really need to check your particular brand of software's manual. If I had to pose a guess, I'd say -10.66 is dorsal flexion and 19.47 is plantar flexion.
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In my version of FEMAP (8.3) you can't request stresses on nodes, only elements when you set up the analysis file. All of the associated stresses are only available on elements (at least for tet meshes.
I think when you use the manual probe, you are actually getting averages calculated from...
Have you tried selecting both curves at the dividing line and use a constant mesh size?
You could also try slicing the solid into a smaller section at your region of interest and treat as two solids with matching meshes at the interface.
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I've been using v8.3, so this may not exactly apply to your version.
You can use the Mesh > Mesh Control > Size along curves or Size on Surface commands to locally refine the surface mesh before extending it into 3D. Be careful that you keep mesh continuity with adjacent curves/surfaces...
Your elements may not support torques. Try a different element type, or apply a force couple.
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I'm not sure if you are doing an automated fatigue analysis within your package, but I'd start with a simple static load analysis at the peak load and see how that compares to the yield / failure stress.
Since your analysis of the previous design places peak stresses at the observed failure...
Do you have a previous analysis to compare to? A previous design that you can test under the same boundary conditions to compare with? Can you do a quick manual analysis to compare?
Are you approximating a dynamic load with a peak static load?
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I don't do midsurfacing so maybe this is silly, but can you explode the solid into surfaces, or export from solidworks as an iges with surface only and mesh those?
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google "visible human" and you should be able to find geometry data for human. I don't have a convenient source for sheep.
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I've done computer simulations of knee and spine, but no hip. This type of work is typically the realm of universities due to the complexities of modeling biological tissues.
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