The mechanics of early embryo development: Insights from finite element modeling

Solid Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 140, Issue , 2006, Pages 459-469

  Chen, Xiaoguang ^a   Brodland, G Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constitutive models; Fabric evolution; Finite element analysis; Mechanics of morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT-BASED; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FABRIC EVOLUTION; GEOMETRIC DATA; MATERIAL PROPERTY DATUM; MORPHOGENETIC MOVEMENTS; SPATIOTEMPORAL CORRELATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION;

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; MECHANICS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); TENSILE TESTING; TISSUE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 33947370770     PISSN: 09250042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4891-2_38     Document Type: Conference Paper

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