Articular cartilage with intra and extrafibrillar waters - simulations of mechanical and chemical loadings by the finite element method

DOI10.1016/j.cma.2008.07.004zbMath1194.74200OpenAlexW2072526313MaRDI QIDQ2638101

Fernando M. F. Simões, Benjamin Loret, Fabrice Loix

Publication date: 14 September 2010

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2008.07.004

zbMATH Keywords

diffusionfinite elementmechanicsfixed chargearticular cartilage

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Biomechanics (92C10) Biomechanical solid mechanics (74L15) Chemical structure in solid mechanics (74E40)

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