title: Thermoelastic modelling of the skin at finite deformations.
abstract: The modelling and computation of the coupled thermal and mechanical response of human skin at finite deformations is considered. The model extends current thermal models to account for thermally- and mechanically-induced deformations. Details of the solution of the highly nonlinear system of governing equations using the finite element method are presented. A representative numerical example illustrates the importance of considering the coupled response for the problem of a rigid, hot indenter in contact with the skin.
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom; Centre for Research in Computational and Applied Mechanics, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Electronic address: andrew.mcbride@glasgow.ac.uk.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McBride
authors.affiliation: Institute of Continuum Mechanics and Materials Mechanics, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany; Institute of Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany. Electronic address: swantje.bargmann@tu-harburg.de.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bargmann
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research in Computational and Applied Mechanics, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Electronic address: damien.pond@uct.ac.za.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pond
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS)/ Bioengineering Science Research Group, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, United Kingdom; Biomechanics and Mechanobiology Laboratory, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Electronic address: g.limbert@soton.ac.uk.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Limbert
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004548:Elasticity; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D012881:Skin Temperature