Toward a generalised tensegrity model describing the mechanical behaviour of the cytoskeleton structure

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-52

  Wendling, Sylvie ^a,b   Cañadas, Patrick ^b,c   Chabrand, Patrick ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE ET D ACOUSTIQUE   (France)

^b Paris university   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

DCSA filaments; Elasticity modulus; Multi modular cytoskeleton; Pre stress

Indexed keywords

ADHERENT CELLS; CELL FUNCTIONS; CELL SHAPES; CYTOSKELETONS; DCSA-FILAMENTS; ELASTICITY MODULI; LOCAL PROPERTY; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL LAWS; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MULTI-MODULAR; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POWER-LAW; PRE-STRESS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCALE EFFECTS; STRESS-INDUCED; STRUCTURAL STIFFNESS; TENSEGRITIES; TENSEGRITY STRUCTURE;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; STRAIN HARDENING;

STRESSES;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; HOMEOSTASIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; HOMEOSTASIS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0141500029     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1025584021000059413     Document Type: Article

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