A Finite Element Study of the Dynamic Response of Brain Based on Two Parasagittal Slice Models

Table 5

Comparison of simulation results and computational time using Model 1 with two different element sizes.

Simulation	Element size (mm)	Number of elements	MCP (kPa)	MCTP (kPa)	MLVP (kPa)	Computing time
Nahum; experiment	1 mm	1,842,400	153			2 hours 55 min
	2 mm	236,940	165			20 min
			150
Trosseille; experiment	1 mm	1,842,400	99		28	7 hours 7 min
	2 mm	236,940	104		29	36 min
			90		39

Note. MCP indicates maximum coup pressure, MCTP indicates maximum countercoup pressure, and MLVP indicates maximum lateral ventricle pressure.