Lattice Boltzmann simulation of swelling of an implant for microtia manufactured with IPN hydrogel.

Lattice Boltzmann simulation of swelling of an implant for microtia manufactured with IPN hydrogel. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin. 2020 Mar 23;:1-9 Authors: Boschetti PJ, Pelliccioni O, Da Costa K, Sabino MA Abstract The swelling characteristics of an implant for microtia treatment manufactured with IPN hydrogel was achieved using a three-dimensional lattice Boltzmann model. Dimensionless units of length and mass were employed. Comparisons between computational data and experimental values obtained by an adsorption isotherm test of a hydrogel implant immersed in Ringer's solution at a constant temperature of 310.15 K achieve coefficients of determination between 0.98782 and 0.99669. The results demonstrate that the thickness of the sample has a great impact on the time required to achieve thermodynamic equilibrium. The method presented here is suitable to simulate the swelling of hydrogels of arbitrary geometries. PMID: 32202918 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering - Category: Biomedical Engineering Authors: Tags: Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin Source Type: research