Computational Biomechanics Research Group (CBRG)


	Australopithecus africanus - Mrs. Ples.	Carcharodon carcharias White shark Smilodon fatalis Sabretooth cat

2008 publications!
1 - Bourke et al. Effect of gape and tooth position on bite force in the dingo (Canis lupus dingo) using a 3-Dimensional Finite Element approach. PLOS One 3(5):e2200 <LINK>
2 - Moreno et al. Cranial performance in the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) as revealed by high-resolution 3-D finite element analysis. J Anat 212:736-746 <LINK>
3 - Wroe. High-resolution 3-D computer simulation of feeding behaviour in marsupial and placental lions. J Zool 274(4):332-339 <LINK>
4 - Wroe et al. How to build a mammalian predator. Zool 111:196-203 <LINK>

This work is funded by an ARC Discovery Grant (S. Wroe), an ARC QE2 Research Fellowship (S. Wroe), a University of New South Wales
Strategic Research Initiatives Grant (S. Wroe), and an Internal Grant from the Univ ersity of Newcastle (P. Clausen).
Updated 2 July, 2008