Tissue Deformation Simulation using FEM

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I need to simulate tissue deformation using FEM.

Is it advisable to represent the object as a triangle mesh or a tetrahedron mesh ?

Please explain which approach would be better ?

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It depends on the type of tissue. For a thin surface-like tissue (such as skin, perhaps)? a two-dimensional reduced model of the tissue using triangular elements (and a reduced formulation of the physics, such as Kirchhoff-Love plate theory) makes a lot of sense, as trying to simulate the full cross-section is a waste of computational resources.

For volumetric tissue, you will of course need to use three-dimensional elements; the decision there is not between triangles and tetrahedra, but between tetrahedra and hexahedra (generalized cubes). As a broad generalization, the latter is usually preferred for elasticity using low-order elements due to locking artifacts that can arise when using tetrahedra.