title: Analysis of the dynamic permeation experiment with implication to cartilaginous tissue engineering.
abstract: In the present study, a I-D dynamic permeation of a monovalent electrolyte solution through a negatively charged-hydrated cartilaginous tissue is analyzed using the mechano-electrochemical theory developed by Lai et al. (1991) as the constitutive model for the tissue. The spatial distributions of stress, strain, fluid pressure, ion concentrations, electrical potential, ion and fluid fluxes within and across the tissue have been calculated. The dependencies of these mechanical, electrical and physicochemical responses on the tissue fixed charge density, with specified modulus, permeability, diffusion coefficients, and frequency and magnitude of pressure differential are determined. The results demonstrate that these mechanical, electrical and physicochemical fields within the tissue are intrinsically and nonlinearly coupled, and they all vary with time and depth within the tissue.
authors.affiliation: Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124-0621, USA. wgu@Miami.edu
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Mow
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000502:physiology*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017097:Electric Impedance; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D040542:Mechanotransduction, Cellular / Q000502:physiology*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D010812:Physical Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011312:Pressure; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D016474:Weight-Bearing / Q000502:physiology*