Computational modeling of chemo-electro-mechanical coupling: A novel implicit monolithic finite element approach

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1104-1133

  Wong, J ^a   Goktepe S ^b   Kuhl, E ^c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrochemistry; Electromechanics; Finite element method; Multifield; Multiscale

Indexed keywords

CHEMO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL COUPLING; ELECTRO-MECHANICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEME; FINITE-ELEMENT APPROACH; MULTI-FIELD; MULTISCALE; PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT; TRANSMEMBRANE POTENTIALS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS;

HEART;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIFIELD; MULTISCALE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MULTIFIELD; MULTISCALE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84885484447     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2565     Document Type: Article

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