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SUBMITTER: Melnikova NB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5550961 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Melnikova N B NB Svitenkov A I AI Hose D R DR Hoekstra A G AG
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface 20170701 132
A three-dimensional cell-based mechanical model of coronary artery tunica media is proposed. The model is composed of spherical cells forming a hexagonal close-packed lattice. Tissue anisotropy is taken into account by varying interaction forces with the direction of intercellular connection. Several cell-centre interaction potentials for repulsion and attraction are considered, including the Hertz contact model and its neo-Hookean extension, the Johnson-Kendall-Roberts model of adhesive contact ...[more]