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A study of growth and remodeling in soft tissues

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The problem of a cylindrical piece of soft tissue subjected to torsion, undergoing growth and remodeling is studied. The study is in a continuum setting within a framework provided by Humphrey and Rajagopal (Math Model Methods Appl Sci 12(3):407–430, 2002) and detailed in Rao et al. (Comput Model Eng Sci 4(3–4):439–455, 2003).

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  1. Please refer Rajagopal [7] and Rajagopal and Srinivasa [8] for a discussion on natural configuration.

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One of the authors (PR) thanks IIT Madras for funding this work through the New Faculty Scheme (MEE/07-08/226/NFSC/PARG).

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Dedicated to Prof. K. R. Rajagopal on the occasion of his 60th Birthday.

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Ravindran, P., Kannan, K. A study of growth and remodeling in soft tissues. Int J Adv Eng Sci Appl Math 3, 106–110 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12572-011-0045-8

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