ABSTRACT: Elastic-electroactive biological media are sensitive to both mechanical and electric forces. Their active behavior is often associated with the presence of reinforcing fibers and their excitation-contraction coupling is due to the interplay between the passive elastic tissue and the active muscular network. In this paper we focus on the theoretical framework of constitutive equations for viscous electroactive media. The approach is based on the additive decomposition of the Helmholtz free energy accompanied to the multiplicative decomposition of the deformation gradient in elastic, viscous and active parts. We describe a thermodynamically sound scenario that accounts for geometric and material nonlinearities. © 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Viscoelectromechanics modeling of intestine wall hyperelasticity

PANDOLFI, ANNA MARINA;
2016-01-01

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ABSTRACT: Elastic-electroactive biological media are sensitive to both mechanical and electric forces. Their active behavior is often associated with the presence of reinforcing fibers and their excitation-contraction coupling is due to the interplay between the passive elastic tissue and the active muscular network. In this paper we focus on the theoretical framework of constitutive equations for viscous electroactive media. The approach is based on the additive decomposition of the Helmholtz free energy accompanied to the multiplicative decomposition of the deformation gradient in elastic, viscous and active parts. We describe a thermodynamically sound scenario that accounts for geometric and material nonlinearities. © 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
2016
Biomechanics; Constitutive equations; Deformation, Additive decomposition; Deformation gradients; Electro-mechanics; Excitation - contraction couplings; Geometric and material nonlinearities; Multiplicative decomposition; Theoretical framework; Viscohyperelasticity, Free energy; Active electromechanics; Biomechanics; Multiplicative decomposition of the deformation gradient; Viscohyperelasticity
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