期刊名称:Journal of Computational Science and Technology
电子版ISSN:1881-6894
出版年度:2009
卷号:3
期号:1
页码:89-100
DOI:10.1299/jcst.3.89
出版社:The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
摘要:It is well known that the compressibility or incompressibility of biological tissue stems from its microscopic structure, which is generally composed of material with varied compressibility, including incompressibility. This paper proposes a framework for a homogenization method in which the compressibility/incompressibility of the macrostructure properly reflects that of the microstructure. The formulation is based on the mixed variational principle with a perturbed Lagrange-multiplier. It is shown that the rate of volumetric change of the macrostructure can be controlled through the homogenization procedure by introducing the constraint on the microstructure only. A couple of numerical examples are given to demonstrate the validity of the proposed method. By comparing the numerical results with theoretical solutions, the method is also confirmed to be free from locking.
关键词:Homogenization Method;Mixed Finite Element Analysis;Incompressible Materials;Compressible Materials;Hyper-Elasticity;Heart