Numerical simulation of the growth of a multicellular spheroid

Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1608-1612

  Ambrosi, D ^a   Mollica, F ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Growth; Stress; Tumor

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); STRESSES; TUMORS;

ALGEBRAIC DECOMPOSITION; DEFORMATION TENSORS; IMPLICIT FINITE-DIFFERENCE SCHEMES; INTERFACE CONDITIONS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; SPHERICAL SYMMETRY; VOLUMETRIC GROWTH;

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 3843093416     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044046-0.50392-4     Document Type: Chapter

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