An XFEM-based numerical strategy to model mechanical interactions between biological cells and a deformable substrate

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 238-267

  Farsad, Mehdi ^a   Vernerey, Franck J ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell; Contraction; Level set; Substrate; XFEM

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CELLS; CELL DEFORMATION; CELL GEOMETRIES; CELL SENSING; CELL-SUBSTRATE ADHESION; CELL-SUBSTRATE INTERACTIONS; COHESIVE MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; CONTRACTILE CELLS; DISCRETIZATIONS; ELASTIC SUBSTRATE; FINITE ELEMENT MESHES; FLEXIBLE PLATFORMS; LEVEL SET; LEVEL SET FUNCTIONS; LEVEL SET METHOD; LINEAR ELASTIC; MECHANICAL ENVIRONMENT; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; MECHANOSENSING; MESHING TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL STRATEGIES; PLANE STRESS; SHAPE FUNCTIONS; STRESS FIBERS; XFEM;

CELL MEMBRANES; CELLS; ELASTICITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; SHRINKAGE; SUBSTRATES;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 84866843590     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.4335     Document Type: Article

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