Vidya Nandikolla, Mechanical Engineering – AIMS^2

Mechanical Loading of Anatomic Human Foot Using Finite Element Analysis

Two AIMS2 students developed a biomedical model of the human foot using CT scans and relating the anatomical domains of bones and soft tissue. They then analyzed the mechanical behavior of different types of feet—specifically, the biomechanical stress distribution. As the foot is the lowest extremity of the body, the contact surface area holds the weight of the entire body during walking, running, climbing etc. Studying the forces acting on the foot helps advance the understanding and impact of different types of foot injuries.