The buckling of capillaries in tumours

<p>Capillaries in tumours are often severely buckled (in a plane perpendicular to the axis) and / or chaotic in their direction. We develop a model of these phenomena using nonlinear solid mechanics. Our model focusses on the immediate surrounding of a capillary. The vessel and surrounding tis...

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Main Author: MacLaurin, J
Other Authors: Roose, T
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2011
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