TY - CHAP A1 - Duong, Minh Tuan A1 - Jung, Alexander A1 - Frotscher, Ralf A1 - Staat, Manfred ED - Papadrakakis, M. T1 - A 3D electromechanical FEM-based model for cardiac tissue T2 - ECCOMAS Congress 2016, VII European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering. Crete Island, Greece, 5–10 June 2016 Y1 - 2016 N1 - revised after the conference P11367 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bhattarai, Aroj A1 - Frotscher, Ralf A1 - Sora, M.-C. A1 - Staat, Manfred ED - Onate, E. T1 - A 3D finite element model of the female pelvic floor for the reconstruction of urinary incontinence T2 - 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XI) ; 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM V) ; 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD VI) ; July 20-25, 2014, Barcelona Y1 - 2014 SP - 1 EP - 12 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Frotscher, Ralf A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - An electromechanical model for cardiac tissue constructs T2 - Conference proceedings of the YIC GACM 2015 : 3rd ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference and 6th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics , Aachen, 20.07.2015 - 23.07.2015 / ed.: Stefanie Elgeti ; Jaan-Willem Simon Y1 - 2015 SP - 1 EP - 4 PB - RWTH Aachen University CY - Aachen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Colombo, Daniele A1 - Drira, Slah A1 - Frotscher, Ralf A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - An element-based formulation for ES-FEM and FS-FEM models for implementation in standard solid mechanics finite element codes for 2D and 3D static analysis JF - International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering N2 - Edge-based and face-based smoothed finite element methods (ES-FEM and FS-FEM, respectively) are modified versions of the finite element method allowing to achieve more accurate results and to reduce sensitivity to mesh distortion, at least for linear elements. These properties make the two methods very attractive. However, their implementation in a standard finite element code is nontrivial because it requires heavy and extensive modifications to the code architecture. In this article, we present an element-based formulation of ES-FEM and FS-FEM methods allowing to implement the two methods in a standard finite element code with no modifications to its architecture. Moreover, the element-based formulation permits to easily manage any type of element, especially in 3D models where, to the best of the authors' knowledge, only tetrahedral elements are used in FS-FEM applications found in the literature. Shape functions for non-simplex 3D elements are proposed in order to apply FS-FEM to any standard finite element. KW - distorted element KW - ES-FEM KW - FS-FEM KW - non-simplex S-FEM elements KW - S-FEM Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nme.7126 SN - 1097-0207 VL - 124 IS - 2 SP - 402 EP - 433 PB - Wiley CY - Chichester ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Frotscher, Ralf A1 - Raatschen, Hans-Jürgen A1 - Staat, Manfred ED - Eberhardsteiner, J. T1 - Application of an edge-based smoothed finite element method on geometrically non-linear plates of non-linear material T2 - Proceedings European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2012) Y1 - 2012 N1 - 6th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2012) Vienna, Austria, September 10-14, 2012 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bhattarai, Aroj A1 - Frotscher, Ralf A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Biomechanical study of the female pelvic floor dysfunction using the finite element method T2 - Conference proceedings of the YIC GACM 2015 : 3rd ECCOMAS Young Investigators Conference and 6th GACM Colloquium on Computational Mechanics , Aachen , Germany, 20.07.2015 - 23.07.2015 / ed.: Stefanie Elgeti ; Jaan-Willem Simon Y1 - 2015 SP - 1 EP - 4 PB - RWTH Aachen University CY - Aachen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bhattarai, Aroj A1 - Frotscher, Ralf A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Computational Analysis of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction T2 - Women's Health and Biomechanics N2 - Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) is characterized by the failure of the levator ani (LA) muscle to maintain the pelvic hiatus, resulting in the descent of the pelvic organs below the pubococcygeal line. This chapter adopts the modified Humphrey material model to consider the effect of the muscle fiber on passive stretching of the LA muscle. The deformation of the LA muscle subjected to intra-abdominal pressure during Valsalva maneuver is compared with the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination of a nulliparous female. Numerical result shows that the fiber-based Humphrey model simulates the muscle behavior better than isotropic constitutive models. Greater posterior movement of the LA muscle widens the levator hiatus due to lack of support from the anococcygeal ligament and the perineal structure as a consequence of birth-related injury and aging. Old and multiparous females with uncontrolled urogenital and rectal hiatus tend to develop PFDs such as prolapse and incontinence. KW - Pelvic muscle KW - Muscle fibers KW - Passive stretching KW - Pelvic floor dysfunction Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-3-319-71574-2 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71574-2_17 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, vol 29 SP - 217 EP - 230 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Frotscher, Ralf A1 - Koch, Jan-Peter A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Computational investigation of drug action on human-induced stem cell derived cardiomyocytes JF - Journal of biomechanical engineering Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4030173 SN - 1528-8951 (E-Journal); 0148-0731 (Print) VL - Vol. 137 IS - iss. 7 SP - 071002-1 EP - 071002-7 PB - ASME CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Frotscher, Ralf A1 - Raatschen, Hans-Jürgen A1 - Staat, Manfred ED - Holzapfel, Gerhard A. T1 - Effectiveness of the edge-based smoothed finite element method applied to soft biological tissues T2 - ESMC-2012 - 8th European Solid Mechanics Conference, Graz, Austria, July 9-13, 2012 Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-3-85125-223-1 PB - Verlag d. Technischen Universität Graz CY - Graz ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Jung, Alexander A1 - Frotscher, Ralf A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Electromechanical model of hiPSC-derived ventricular cardiomyocytes cocultured with fibroblasts T2 - 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM 6), 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD 7), 11-15 June 2018, Glasgow, UK N2 - The CellDrum provides an experimental setup to study the mechanical effects of fibroblasts co-cultured with hiPSC-derived ventricular cardiomyocytes. Multi-scale computational models based on the Finite Element Method are developed. Coupled electrical cardiomyocyte-fibroblast models (cell level) are embedded into reaction-diffusion equations (tissue level) which compute the propagation of the action potential in the cardiac tissue. Electromechanical coupling is realised by an excitation-contraction model (cell level) and the active stress arising during contraction is added to the passive stress in the force balance, which determines the tissue displacement (tissue level). Tissue parameters in the model can be identified experimentally to the specific sample. Y1 - 2018 ER -