000K utf8 1100 $c2020 1500 eng 2050 urn:nbn:de:gbv:8:3-2024-00340-7 2051 10.3390/insects11080546 2051 10.3390/insects11080546 3000 Eshghi, Shahab 3010 Darvizeh, Abolfazl 3010 Gorb, Stanislav N. 3010 Nooraeefar, Vahid 3010 Rajabi, Hamed 4000 WingMesh: A Matlab-Based Application for Finite Element Modeling of Insect Wings$hMDPI AG [Eshghi, Shahab] 4030 $nMDPI AG 4209 The finite element (FE) method is one of the most widely used numerical techniques for the simulation of the mechanical behavior of engineering and biological objects. Although very efficient, the use of the FE method relies on the development of accurate models of the objects under consideration. The development of detailed FE models of often complex-shaped objects, however, can be a time-consuming and error-prone procedure in practice. Hence, many researchers aim to reach a compromise between the simplicity and accuracy of their developed models. In this study, we adapted Distmesh2D, a popular meshing tool, to develop a powerful application for the modeling of geometrically complex objects, such as insect wings. The use of the burning algorithm (BA) in digital image processing (DIP) enabled our method to automatically detect an arbitrary domain and its subdomains in a given image. This algorithm, in combination with the mesh generator Distmesh2D, was used to develop detailed FE models of both planar and out-of-plane (i.e., three-dimensionally corrugated) domains containing discontinuities and consisting of numerous subdomains. To easily implement the method, we developed an application using the Matlab App Designer. This application, called WingMesh, was particularly designed and applied for rapid numerical modeling of complicated insect wings but is also applicable for modeling purposes in the earth, engineering, mathematical, and physical sciences. 4950 https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11080546$xR$3Volltext$534 4950 https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11080546$xR$3Volltext$534 4950 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:8:3-2024-00340-7$xR$3Volltext$534 4961 https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/macau_mods_00004622 5051 004 5550 Biological Structures 5550 Computer Vision 5550 Digital Image Perocessing 5550 Mesh Generation 5550 Simulation