Coupling systems biology with multiscale mechanics, for computer simulations of bone remodeling

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 254, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-196

  Scheiner, Stefan ^a,b   Pivonka, Peter ^a   Hellmich, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bone cell dynamics; Continuum micromechanics; Mathematical modeling; Mechanobiology

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL KINETICS; BIOLOGICAL CELLS; BONE CELLS; BONE LOSS; BONE MASS; BONE MATRIX; BONE MECHANICS; BONE REMODELING; BONE TISSUE; CELL EXPRESSION; COMPLEX ACTIONS; CONTINUUM MICROMECHANICS; CORTICAL BONE; COUPLING SYSTEMS; KEY VARIABLES; MACROSCOPIC STRAINS; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; MATURE BONE; MECHANICAL STRAIN; MECHANO-BIOLOGY; MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS; MULTISCALE MECHANICS; MULTISCALES; VASCULAR POROSITY;

CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS; TISSUE;

BONE;

EID: 84870681101     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2012.10.015     Document Type: Article

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