Quasistatic rheology of soft cellular systems using the cellular Potts model

Soft cellular systems, such as foams or biological tissues, exhibit highly complex rheological properties, even in the quasistatic regime, that numerical modeling can help to apprehend. We present a numerical implementation of quasistatic strain within the widely used cellular Potts model (CPM). The...

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Published inPhysical review. E Vol. 104; no. 5-2; p. 055303
Main Authors Villemot, François, Durand, Marc
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.11.2021
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Summary:Soft cellular systems, such as foams or biological tissues, exhibit highly complex rheological properties, even in the quasistatic regime, that numerical modeling can help to apprehend. We present a numerical implementation of quasistatic strain within the widely used cellular Potts model (CPM). The accuracy of the method is tested by simulating the quasistatic strain of two-dimensional dry foams, both ordered and disordered. The implementation of quasistatic strain in CPM allows the investigation of sophisticated interplays between stress-strain relationship and structural changes that take place in cellular systems.
ISSN:2470-0053
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.104.055303