| Abstract: |
| Some cells like muscle cells, cancer cells, fibroblasts and myofibroblasts exert forces on their direct environment. Cells exert these forces because of rapid wound closure, to contract muscles or to migrate to other part of the body. Therefore, it is important to consider elastic effects in the tissue surrounding the cells. In this talk, we consider various formalisms for the impact of cellular forces in terms of the immerse interface method, as well as various constitutive equations that involve visco-elastiic effects that are combined with microstructural changes. |
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