We are working with Olga Panagiotopoulou at Monash University on finite element modeling of the mandible of Macaca during feeding and with Felippe Prado’s team at UNICAMP in Brazil of FEM of the mandible of Sapajus.

Related Publications

In vivo bone strain and finite element modeling of a rhesus macaque mandible during mastication
Panagiotopoulou, O, Iriarte-Diaz, J, Wilshin, S, Dechow, PC, Taylor, AB, Mehari-Abraha, H, Aljunid, SF, Ross, CF. Zoology. 134: 13-29 (2017) [DOI]

In vivo bone strain in the mandibular corpus of Sapajus during different oral food processing behaviors.
Ross, CF, J Iriarte-Diaz, D Reed, TA Stewart, AB Taylor. Journal of Human Evolution. 98: 36-65 (2016) [DOI]

Biomechanics of the mandible of Macaca mulatta during the power stroke of mastication: Loading, deformation, and strain regimes and the impact of food type
Panagiotopoulou, O, Iriarte-Diaz, J, Mehari-Abraha, H, Taylor, AB, Wilshin, S, Dechow, PC. Journal of Human Evolution. 147 (2020) [DOI]

Comparative biomechanics of the Pan and Macaca mandibles during mastication: Finite element modeling of loading, deformation and strain regimes
Smith, AL, Robinson, C, Taylor, AB, Panagiotopoulou, O, Davis, J, Ward, CV, Kimbel, WH, Alemseged, Z, Ross, CF. Royal Society Interface. 336844:51:00 (2021) [DOI]

Does the model reflect the system? When two-dimensional biomechanics is not ‘good enough’
Amanda L. Smith, Julian Davis, Olga Panagiotopoulou, Andrea B. Taylor, Chris Robinson, Carol V. Ward, William H. Kimbel, Zeresenay Alemseged and Callum F. Ross. J. R. Soc. Interface.. 202022053620220536 (2023) [DOI]

Dynamic finite element modelling of the macaque mandible during a complete mastication gape cycle
Olga Panagiotopoulou, Dale Robinson, Jose Iriarte-Diaz, David Ackland, Andrea B. Taylor and Callum F. Ross. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 378: 20220549. (2023) [PDF] [DOI]

Functional correlates of the position of the axis of rotation of the mandible during chewing in non-human primates
Iriarte-Diaz, J, Terhune, C, Taylor, AB, Ross, CF. Zoology. 124: 106-118 (2017) [DOI]

Ontogenetic changes in jaw leverage and skull shape in tufted and untufted capuchins
Megan A Holmes, Claire E Terhune, Janine Chalk-Wilayto, Caitlin B Yoakum, Parker Taylor, Rocio Ramirez, Megan P Solís, Taylor A Polvadore, Callum F Ross, Andrea B Taylor, Mariana Dutra Fogaca, Myra F Laird. Journal of Morphology. 285(5):e21705 (2024) [DOI] [PubMed]

Scaling of rotational inertia of primate mandibles
Ross, CF, Iriarte-Diaz, J, Platts, E, Walsh, T, Heins, L, Gerstner, GE, Taylor, AB. Journal of Human Evolution. 106: 119-132 (2017) [DOI]

The impact of measurement technique and sampling on estimates of skeletal muscle fibre architecture
Andrea B. Taylor, Claire E. Terhune, Callum F. Ross, Christopher J. Vinyard. The Anatomical Record. Volume 307, Issue 9 (2024) [DOI]

The instantaneous center of rotation of the mandible in non-human primates
Terhune, C, Iriarte-Diaz, J Taylor, A, Ross, CF. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 51(2): 320-332 (2011)

The mechanical effect of the periodontal ligament on bone strain regimes in a validated finite element model of a macaque mandible
Mehari-Abraha, H, Iriarte-Diaz, J, Ross, CF, Taylor, AB, Panagiotopoulou, O. Frontiers in Biomechanics. 2019 (2019) [DOI]

What does feeding system morphology tell us about feeding?
Ross, CF, J Iriarte-Diaz. Evolutionary Anthropology. 23(3): 105-120 (2014)