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. 2021 Feb 1;20(3):941–955. doi: 10.1007/s10237-021-01422-y

Table 2.

Processing time for each step to generate and solve the different FE models

Image pre-processing (min) Meshing (min) Simulation (min) Post-processing (min) Total (min)

Hexa-homo

Hexa-homoTMD

10 15 20 5 50

Tetra-homo

Tetra-homoTMD

15 15 10 5 45
Hexa-hete 10 30 90 5 135
Tetra-hete 15 40 20 5 80

Hexa hexahedral mesh, Tetra tetrahedral mesh, Homo homogeneous material properties, Hete heterogeneous material properties based on TMD