Scale continuum approach in biomechanics: a simple simulation of a microstructural control of tissues' stiffness
We construct a simple model of an elastic material whose stiffness can be effectively controlled by an appropriately chosen set of microstructural parameters. The model is based on ideas of the scale-dependent continuum description and might play an important role in modelling of muscle tissues in biomechanics. (C) 2002 IMACS. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
scale microstructure muscle tissue nonlinear elasticity