Multiscale modeling of vascularized tissues via nonmatching immersed methods

被引:11
作者
Heltai, Luca [1 ]
Caiazzo, Alfonso [2 ]
机构
[1] Scuola Int Super Studi Avanzati, Math Modeling & Sci Comp Lab, Trieste, Italy
[2] Weierstrass Inst Appl Anal & Stochast, Numer Math & Sci Comp Grp, Berlin, Germany
关键词
finite element methods; immersed methods; multiscale modeling; vascularized tissues; FINITE-ELEMENT-METHOD; STABILITY;
D O I
10.1002/cnm.3264
中图分类号
R318 [生物医学工程];
学科分类号
0831 ;
摘要
We consider a multiscale approach based on immersed methods for the efficient computational modeling of tissues composed of an elastic matrix (in two or three dimensions) and a thin vascular structure (treated as a co-dimension two manifold) at a given pressure. We derive different variational formulations of the coupled problem, in which the effect of the vasculature can be surrogated in the elasticity equations via singular or hypersingular forcing terms. These terms only depend on information defined on co-dimension two manifolds (such as vessel center line, cross-sectional area, and mean pressure over cross section), thus drastically reducing the complexity of the computational model. We perform several numerical tests, ranging from simple cases with known exact solutions to the modeling of materials with random distributions of vessels. In the latter case, we use our immersed method to perform an in silico characterization of the mechanical properties of the effective biphasic material tissue via statistical simulations.
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