Research Article
Finite Element Simulations of Mechanical Behaviour of Endothelial Cells
Table 2
Finite elements used for continuous components of the cell models and their hyperelastic parameters.
| Component name | Young’s modulus, (Pa) | Shear modulus, (Pa) | Bulk modulus, (Pa) | Finite element specifications |
| Cytoplasm [47] | | | | Solid 185 | Nucleus [47] | | | | Solid 185 | Cell membrane (CM) [31] | | | Infinity | Shell 181 | Actin cortex (AC) [48] | | | Infinity | Shell 181 |
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