Geometric–material analogy for multiscale modelling of twisted plates

Elasticity Theory of a Twisted Stack of Plates

We present an elastic model of B-form DNA as a stack of thin, rigid plates or base pairs that are not permitted to deform. The symmetry of DNA and the constraint of plate rigidity limit the number of bulk elastic constants contributing to a macroscopic elasticity theory of DNA to four. We derive an effective twist-stretch energy in terms of the macroscopic stretch ǫ along and relative excess tw...

Multiscale modelling in biomechanics

Multiscale Modelling of Complex Fluids

Multiscale modelling of evolving foams

Article history: Received 29 July 2015 Received in revised form 5 February 2016 Accepted 8 February 2016 Available online 29 March 2016

Multiscale modelling of saliva secretion.

We review a multiscale model of saliva secretion, describing in brief how the model is constructed and what we have so far learned from it. The model begins at the level of inositol trisphosphate receptors (IPR), and proceeds through the cellular level (with a model of acinar cell calcium dynamics) to the multicellular level (with a model of the acinus), finally to a model of a saliva productio...