A novel finite element method for analyzing viscoelastic dynamics in biological tissues

Author

Kunbao, Cai ; Zejia, Jiang ; Shouchang, Zhou ; Ruifang, Yang ; Jihui, Yu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Chongqing Univ., China

Volume

6

fYear

1998

fDate

29 Oct-1 Nov 1998

Firstpage

2842

Abstract

A novel finite-element method for analyzing viscoelastic dynamics in biological tissues through using two important conclusions of linear viscoelastic models and applying electrical-network theory and filtering techniques is successfully derived. The complexity of viscoelastic materials can be either as simple as isotropic or more and more complex up to extremely anisotropic. The linear viscoelastic models describing mechanical behaviors of biological tissues can be an arbitrary combination of two-kind elements and three-type fundamental models. It is confirmed that a general, systematic, and highly precise finite-element fast analysis method, that is suitable for analyzing the dynamic responses of biological tissues and engineering materials with linear viscoelastic models, can be derived

Keywords

biological tissues; biomechanics; dynamic response; finite element analysis; physiological models; viscoelasticity; 3D isoparametric algorithm; Laplace transform; Young´s modulus; biological tissues; computational complexity; dynamic response; electrical-network theory; filtering techniques; finite element method; generalized Voigt chain; hepatic tissue; linear viscoelastic models; material complexity; recursive solution; serial dashpot; similarity principle; three-type fundamental models; two-kind elements; viscoelastic dynamics; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Biological materials; Biological system modeling; Biological tissues; Elasticity; Filtering theory; Finite element methods; Nonlinear filters; Systematics; Viscosity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1998. Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5164-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1998.746076

Filename

746076