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

Figure 6

Fluid velocity distributions of the osteocyte-lacunar-canalicular system under the 1000-microstrain compressive loading. (a) Fluid velocities when , 0.1, 0.12, 0.2, and , where is the relative period of loading; (b) fluid velocity distribution at canaliculi and perilacunar matrix when ; and (c) fluid velocity distribution at the osteocyte and processes.

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