Research Article

Aortic Blunt Trauma Analysis during a Frontal Impact

Table 2

Elements for construction of the tetrahedral mesh in the 3D model of the thoracic aorta.

Mesh elementNumber of elements

Points1310
Tetrahedral4118
Faces9518
Faces on the outer limit2564
Faces on the input facets2564
Edges on input segments3846
Steiner points within the domain26