3d Finite Element Study Of Stress Distribution At The Cranial Bone/suture Interface

摘要

The stress distribution along the bone suture interface in the 3D model of the cranium indicates that there is a high tensile stress in the upper layer of the suture, and a high compressive stress in the inner layer. This nature of stress distribution in the 3D model may explain why the pattern of interdigitation on the outer surface of the sutures are different from that on the inside, and why suture fusion starts from the inside surface of a cranium.