**FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS – FROM BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS TO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS**

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/2552 Edited by David Moratal

#### **Contributors**

Carlos Soares, Antheunis Versluis, Andréa Valdivia, Aline Bicalho, Crisnicaw Veríssimo, Bruno Barreto, Marina Roscoe, Isis Andrea V. P. Poiate, Rafael Yagϋe Ballester, Edgard Poiate Junior, Marta Kurutz, László Oroszváry, Xiaocong He, Xianfang Yue, Ying Xie, kumaran kadirgama, Bashir Mohamad, Md. Mustafizur Rahman, Rosli Abu Bakar, Ching-Chang Ko, Mark J Jackson, Yiming Rong, Hui Wang, Maria Nienartowicz, Tomasz Strek, Luis Gracia, Elena Ibarz, José Cegoñino, Antonio Lobo-Escolar, Jesús Mateo, Sergio Puértolas, Enrique López, Antonio Herrera, Sergio Gabarre, Philip Loveday, Craig Long, Paul Wilcox, Paulo Coelho, Erika Oliveira Almeida, Eduardo Rocha, Amilcar Freitas Junior, Nick Tovar, Nikhil Gupta, Roberto Pessoa, Wirley Assunção, Valentim Barão, Erica Gomes, Juliana Delben, Ricardo Ribeiro, Silvia Schievano, Claudio Capelli, Daria Cosentino, Andrew Taylor, Giorgia Bosi, Nicola Bianchi, Massimo Barcaro, Silverio Bolognani, Farhad Nabhani, Temilade Ladokun, Fuhong Dai, Paulo Roberto R. Ventura, Adalberto Bastos de Vasconcellos

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Finite Element Analysis - From Biomedical Applications to Industrial Developments Edited by David Moratal

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