Figure 2
From: Simulating the swelling and deformation behaviour in soft tissues using a convective thermal analogy
Displacement and c- concentration at the central line of the specimen as a function of time for TEST A: (a) displacements at the bottom (z = 0.0, prescribed) and at the center of the specimen (z = 0.5 h, predicted) as a function of time; (b) c- concentrations at different locations within the specimen as a function of time. The concentration at the surface of the specimen was prescribed, while the concentration within the specimen was predicted using the present model. The setup for the numerical test is shown in Fig. 1, with d = 32.0 mm and h = 5.00 mm. The material properties used are listed in Table 1 (TEST A).