Simulation of interstitial fluid flow in ligaments: Comparison among Stokes, Brinkman and Darcy models

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1050-1056

  Yao, Wei ^a   Shen, Zhoufeng ^a   Ding, Guanghong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Interstitial fluid flow; Numerical simulation; Porous media; Sheer stress

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY.; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; INTERSTITIAL FLUID FLOW; LIGAMENT; MAST CELL; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POROUS MEDIA; SHEER STRESS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANISOTROPY.; INTERSTITIAL FLUID FLOW; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POROUS MEDIA; SHEER STRESS;

EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; LIGAMENTS; MAST CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84904230947     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.7242     Document Type: Article

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