Three-dimensional finite element model of the two-layered oesophagus, including the effects of residual strains and buckling of mucosa

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-426

  Yang, W ^a   Fung, T C ^a   Chian, K S ^b   Chong, C K ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Active muscle contraction; Buckling of mucosa; Finite element analysis; Residual strain; True zero stress state

Indexed keywords

ABAQUS; BUCKLING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS CONCENTRATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MUSCLE; STRAIN; STRESSES;

MUCOSA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OESOPHAGUS; PERISTALTIC TRANSPORT;

MUSCLE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ESOPHAGUS; EVALUATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ESOPHAGUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

ACTIVE MUSCLES; EIGENVALUE ANALYSIS; LAYERED FINITE ELEMENTS; MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS; PERISTALTIC TRANSPORT; RESIDUAL STRAINS; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; ZERO-STRESS STATE;

EID: 34250728131     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM47     Document Type: Article

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