In vitro/in silico characterization of active and passive stresses in cardiac muscle

International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-188

  Böl, Markus B ^a   Abilez, Oscar J ^b   Assar, Ahmed N ^b   Zarins, Christopher K ^b   Kuhl, Ellen ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac muscle; Chain network models; Electroactive materials; Finite element method; Multiscale modeling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FORCE GENERATION; ACTIVE STRESS; AREA FRACTION; BIPHASIC PULSE; CARDIAC FUNCTIONS; CARDIAC MUSCLES; CHAIN NETWORKS; CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRESS; ELECTROACTIVE; ELECTROACTIVE MATERIAL; FORCE TRANSDUCERS; HIERARCHICAL FINITE ELEMENT; IN-SILICO; IN-SILICO MODELS; IN-VITRO; ISOMETRIC FORCE; MODEL SYSTEM; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; MUSCLE FIBER; POLYMERIC CHAIN; RAT HEART; TETRAHEDRAL UNIT CELLS; VIRTUAL TEST BEDS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MUSCLE;

HEART;

EID: 84861011415     PISSN: 15431649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMultCompEng.2011002352     Document Type: Article

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