Towards a Foot Bio-model for Performing Finite Element Analysis for Footwear Design Optimization using a Cloud Infrastructure

ABSTRACTThis paper presents current research results that concern the generation of foot bio-models for performing finite element analysis for footwear design evaluation and optimization. The foot bio-models produced so far include complete geometric models of the foot bones along with their corresponding material properties. For the generation of the bones geometry a dense set of CT scan data is utilized. Four different approaches for the reconstruction of the corresponding 3D surfaces are presented and discussed. A preliminary FE analysis for simulating foot/ground interaction has been carried out to assert the performance of the chosen material type and properties. Finally, a cloud infrastructure is introduced to provide to the end-users a web-based interface for performing simulation scenarios concerning foot/footwear and foot/ground interaction.

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