Research Article
Finite Element Simulations of Mechanical Behaviour of Endothelial Cells
Table 1
Finite elements used for discrete components of the cell models and their elastic parameters.
| Cell component | Elastic modulus, (Pa) | Poisson’s ratio, | Diameter (nm) | Finite element specification | Nature |
| Microtubules (MTs) [45] | | 0.3 | 25/17 (outer/inner) | BEAM188 | Curved beams | Actin filaments (AFs) [46] | | 0.3 | 4.5 | LINK180 | Tension only trusses | Intermediate filaments (IFs) [46] | | 0.3 | 10 | LINK180 | Tension only trusses | Actin bundles (ABs) [41] | | 0.3 | 250 | LINK180 | Tension only trusses |
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