Computational Investigation on the Biomechanical Responses of the Osteocytes to the Compressive Stimulus: A Poroelastic Model

Figure 5

Pore pressure distributions of the osteocyte-lacunar-canalicular system under 1000-microstrain compressive loading. (a) The maximum pore pressure when , 0.1, 0.12, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, or (total period of loading); (b) pore pressure distributions at canaliculi and perilacunar matrix when ; (c) pore pressure distributions in osteocyte and processes when .

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