A finite element model for mixed porohyperelasticity with transport, swelling, and growth

Armstrong, MH and Buganza Tepole, A and Kuhl, E and Simon, BR and Vande Geest, JP (2016) A finite element model for mixed porohyperelasticity with transport, swelling, and growth. PLoS ONE, 11 (4).

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Abstract

The purpose of this manuscript is to establish a unified theory of porohyperelasticity with transport and growth and to demonstrate the capability of this theory using a finite element model developed in MATLAB. We combine the theories of volumetric growth and mixed porohyperelasticity with transport and swelling (MPHETS) to derive a new method that models growth of biological soft tissues. The conservation equations and constitutive equations are developed for both solid-only growth and solid/fluid growth. An axisymmetric finite element framework is introduced for the new theory of growing MPHETS (GMPHETS). To illustrate the capabilities of this model, several example finite element test problems are considered using model geometry and material parameters based on experimental data from a porcine coronary artery. Multiple growth laws are considered, including time-driven, concentrationdriven, and stress-driven growth. Time-driven growth is compared against an exact analytical solution to validate the model. For concentration-dependent growth, changing the diffusivity (representing a change in drug) fundamentally changes growth behavior. We further demonstrate that for stress-dependent, solid-only growth of an artery, growth of an MPHETS model results in a more uniform hoop stress than growth in a hyperelastic model for the same amount of growth time using the same growth law. This may have implications in the context of developing residual stresses in soft tissues under intraluminal pressure. To our knowledge, this manuscript provides the first full description of an MPHETS model with growth. The developed computational framework can be used in concert with novel in-vitro and in-vivo experimental approaches to identify the governing growth laws for various soft tissues.

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Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Creators/Authors:	Creators Email Pitt Username ORCID Armstrong, MH Buganza Tepole, A Kuhl, E Simon, BR Vande Geest, JP jpv20@pitt.edu JPV20 0000-0003-2444-1751
Contributors:	Contribution Contributors Name Email Pitt Username ORCID Editor Aliseda, Alberto UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Date:	1 April 2016
Date Type:	Publication
Access Restriction:	No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately.
Journal or Publication Title:	PLoS ONE
Volume:	11
Number:	4
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1371/journal.pone.0152806
Institution:	University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs:	Swanson School of Engineering > Bioengineering
Refereed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	31 Aug 2016 17:25
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2021 14:55
URI:	http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/28272

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