Modeling Viscoelastic Networks and Cell Deformation in the Context of the Immersed Boundary Method

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 86-113

  Bottino, Dean C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ameboid deformation; Micropipette aspiration; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CYTOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROTEINS; SHEAR THINNING; TURBULENT FLOW;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; AMEBOID DEFORMATION; CELL DEFORMATION; CYTOSKELETAL; ELASTIC LINKS; IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHODS; MICROPIPETTE ASPIRATION; NETWORK DEFORMATION; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; VISCOELASTICS;

VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0001793755     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.1998.6074     Document Type: Article

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