Continuum-based computational models for cell and nuclear mechanics

Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1169-1191

  Vaziri, Ashkan ^a   Gopinath, Arvind ^a   Deshpande, Vikram S ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell mechanics; Computational mechanics; Nuclear mechanics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548683723     PISSN: 15593959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/jomms.2007.2.1169     Document Type: Article

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