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    Design and additive manufacturing by FDM, feasibility and reproducibility of a anthropomorphic-heterogeneous silicone/TPU/ABS mannequin for CT image analysis: a proof-of-concept study

    • Rebeca Franco-Reyes
    • Eduardo Moreno-Barbosa
    • Ricardo Agustín-Serrano

    Anthropomorphic mannequins are widely used in biomedical research, medical imaging studies, and clinical training. However, commercial models are often expensive and have limitations in terms of anatomical customization. This study evaluates the...

    27 October 2026 Open access
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    FLOWS: a model to simulate water and solutes fluxes in agricultural and environmental systems. 1. Theory and applications with intercode benchmarking

    • Antonio Coppola
    • Angelo Basile
    • Shawkat B. M. Hassan

    FLOWS (FLOws of Water and Solutes in soils) is a dynamic physically-based model to simulate water flow and solute transport in the soil–plant–atmosphere system. The numerical code was written in MATLAB. One-dimensional vertical transient water flow...

    26 October 2026 Open access
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    Generic Versus Personalized Foot-Ground Contact Models for Predictive Simulations of Walking: Is Personalization Worth the Effort?

    • Spencer T. Williams
    • Geng Li
    • Benjamin J. Fregly

    Purpose Quantification of walking function, including joint motions, ground reactions, and joint loads, outside the lab without the use of force plates is a growing research area. Because only joint motions can currently be measured outside the lab,...

    26 October 2026 Open access
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    Machine learning-based reduced order modeling for thermal simulation calibration in wire arc additive manufacturing

    • Mikhael Tannous
    • Mostafa Elsayed
    • Francisco Chinesta

    Abstract Accurate prediction of thermal evolution during Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) is essential for process control and defect reduction. High-fidelity simulations provide detailed temperature fields but are computationally expensive,...

    25 October 2026 Open access
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