A mixture theory for heat-induced alterations in hydration and mechanical properties in soft tissues Academic Article

abstract

• We propose a framework to describe the mechanical behavior of thermally damaged biological soft tissues based on a melding of ideas from classical continuum thermodynamics and irreversible thermodynamics. Relevant assumptions are delineated, details of the constitutive formulation are provided, and a set of interfacial conditions are derived that can be used as the boundary conditions for certain diffusion processes. The utility of the framework is illustrated by considering two problems that correspond to tractable experiments: transverse diffusion through a finitely deformed membrane, and radial diffusion in a thermally damaged cylindrical tissue. 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd.

authors

• Rajagopal, Kumbakonam

published proceedings

• INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE

author list (cited authors)

• Tao, L., Humphrey, J. D., & Rajagopal, K. R.

citation count

• 29

complete list of authors

• Tao, L||Humphrey, JD||Rajagopal, KR

publication date

• September 2001

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

keywords

• Hydration
• Mixture Theory
• Soft Tissues
• Thermal Damage

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/S0020-7225(01)00019-2

start page

• 1535

end page

• 1556

volume

• 39

issue

• 14

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0020-7225(01)00019-2