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A general theoretical and finite element model (FEM) for soft tissue structures is described including arbitrary constitutive laws based upon a continuum view of the material as a mixture or porous medium saturated by an incompressible fluid and containing charged mobile species. Example problems demonstrate coupled electro-mechano-chemical transport and deformations in FEMs of layered materials subjected to mechanical, electrical and chemical “loading” while undergoing small or large strains.
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Simon, B.R., Radtke, G.A., Liu, Z.P., Rigby, P.H., Williams, S.K. (2005). Theoretical and Finite Element Models for Coupled Electro-Mechano-Chemical Transport in Soft Tissues. In: Gladwell, G.M.L., Huyghe, J., Raats, P.A., Cowin, S.C. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Physicochemical and Electromechanical Interactions in Porous Media. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 125. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3865-8_7
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