Introductory Remarks
Some Functional Spaces
Variational Formulation
Geometry of Two Phase Composite
Two-scale Convergence Method
The Concept of a Homogenized Equation
Two-Scale convergence with time dependence
Potential and Solenoidal Fields
The Homogenization Technique Applied to Soft Tissue
Homogenization of Soft Tissue
Galerkin approximations
Derivation of the effective equation of U0
Acoustics in Porous Media
Introduction
Diphasic Macroscopic Behavior
Well-posedness for problem (3.2.49 and 3.2.55)
The slightly compressible di-phasic behavior
Wet Ionic, Piezo-electric Bone
Introduction
Wet bone with ionic interaction
Homogenization using Formal Power Series
Wet bone without ionic interaction
Electrodynamics
Visco-elasticity and Contact Friction Between the Phases
Kelvin-Voigt Material
Rigid Particles in a Visco-elastic Medium
Equations of motion and contact conditions
Two-scale expansions and formal homogenization
Model case I: Linear contract conditions
Model case II: Quadratic contract conditions
Model case III: Power type contact condition
Acoustics in a Random Microstructure
Introduction
Stochastic Two-scale limits
Periodic Approximation
Non-Newtonian Interstitial Fluid
The Slightly Compressible Polymer. Microscale Problem
A Priori Estimates
Two-Scale System
Description of the effective stress
Effective equations
Multiscale FEM for the modeling of cancellous bone
Concept of the multiscale FEM
Microscale: Modeling of the RVE and calculation of the effective material properties
Macroscale: Simulation of the ultrasonic test
Simplified version of the RVE and comparison with the experimental results
Anisotropy of cancellous bone
Investigation of the influence of reflection on the attenuation of cancellous bone
Determination of the geometry of the RVE for cancellous bone by using the effective complex shear modulus
G-convergence and Homogenization of Viscoelastic Flows
Introduction
Main definitions. Corrector operators for G-convergence
A scalar elliptic equation in divergence form
Homogenization of two-phase visco-elastic flows with time-varying interface
Main theorem and outline of the proof
Corrector operators and oscillating test functions
Inertial terms in the momentum balance equation
Effective deviatoric stress. Proof of the main theorem
Fluid-structure interaction
Biot Type Models for Bone Mechanics
Bone Rigidity
Anisotropic Biot Systems
The Case of a non-Newtonian Interstitial Fluid
Some Time-Dependent Solutions to the Biot System
Creation of RVE for Bone Microstructure
The RVE Model
Reformulation as a Graves-like scheme
Absorbring boundary condition-perfectly matched layer
Discretized systems
Bone Growth and Adaptive Elasticity
The Model
Scalings of Unknowns
Asymptotic Solutions
Further Reading
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