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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-22
pubmed:abstractText
A finite element network model has been developed to predict the macroscopic elastic shear modulus and the area expansion modulus of the red blood cell (RBC) membrane skeleton on the basis of its microstructure. The topological organization of connections between spectrin molecules is represented by the edges of a random Delaunay triangulation, and the elasticity of an individual spectrin molecule is represented by the spring constant, K, for a linear spring element. The model network is subjected to deformations by prescribing nodal displacements on the boundary. The positions of internal nodes are computed by the finite element program. The average response of the network is used to compute the shear modulus (mu) and area expansion modulus (kappa) for the corresponding effective continuum. For networks with a moderate degree of randomness, this model predicts mu/K = 0.45 and kappa/K = 0.90 in small deformations. These results are consistent with previous computational models and experimental estimates of the ratio mu/kappa. This model also predicts that the elastic moduli vary by 20% or more in networks with varying degrees of randomness. In large deformations, mu increases as a cubic function of the extension ratio lambda 1, with mu/K = 0.62 when lambda 1 = 1.5.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0006-3495
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
146-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
An elastic network model based on the structure of the red blood cell membrane skeleton.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't