itskov_2006
A Polyconvex Anisotropic Strain-Energy Function for Soft Collagenous Tissues - Itskov, Ehret and Mavrilas - 2006
Original Model Status
Model curated, but did not run in PCEnv simulator. Documentation was also non-existent.
Work done on model:
Read the publication titled 'A Polyconvex Anisotropic Strain-Energy Function for Soft Collagenous Tissues' by Itskov et. al., and wrote the documentation from scratch. Also managed to locate an online pdf version of the article and included this link in the documentation. Seeing as the model was tagged under the 'Mechanical constitutive Laws' section, it was decided to also include a link to a page regarding the implementation of CellML files in CMISS (maintained by David Nickerson of the Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland).
Curation Status:
Model still does not run in PCEnv simulator, as it (PCEnv) cannot handle matrices and these mechanical laws involve the use of many transformation matrices. We have also not discerned whether or not it runs smoothly in CMISS, but the common notion is that it does, seeing as many people within the Institute utilize the CellML files of models tagged under the 'Mechanical Constitutive Laws' section. The model now has sufficient documentation.
Further work required:
Curate the model to an extent where it may one day run in PCEnv, this is dependant on when PCEnv will be able to integrate matrix functionality. Perhaps include some diagrams in the documentation as the documentation (although written to not be too technical) may still be confusing for people who are unfamiliar with this topic or field of study.
| Added by: | Vignesh Kumar |
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| Date: | 1/02/2008 |