An investigation of mechanical properties of kidney tissues by using mechanical bidomain model

Muhammad Taj, Mohamed A. Khadimallah, Muzamal Hussain, Mohamed Elbahar, Monzoor Ahmad, Elaloui Elimame, Shakeel ul Zaman and Abdelouahed Tounsi

Abstract

In this study, mechanical bidomain model is used to study the mechanical behavior of kidney tissues. This model has been used widely to study cardiac tissue and cell colony. On recognizing same structural and somehow same physiological relationship between cardiac tissue and kidney tissue, the displacements in different regions of kidney and the integrins, i. e., nephron coupling the intracellular medulla and extracellular cortex is analyzed. The mechanical Bidomain model provides a microscopic description of kidney tissue mechanics and also predicts the microscopic coupling of extracellular cells region of kidney tissue, i.e., cortex and the intracellular cells region medulla of kidney.

Key Words

extracellular cortex; intracellular medulla; kidney tissues; mechanical bidomain model

Address

Muhammad Taj, Monzoor Ahmad and Shakeel ul Zaman: Department of Mathematics, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, 1300, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Mohamed A. Khadimallah: Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, College of Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Al-Kharj, 16273, Saudi Arabia/ Laboratory of Systems and Applied Mechanics, Polytechnic School of Tunisia, University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia Muzamal Hussain: Department of Mathematics, Govt. College University Faisalabad, 38000, Faisalabad, Pakistan Mohamed Elbahar: Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, College of Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Al-Kharj, 16273, Saudi Arabia Elaloui Elimame: Laboratory of Materials Applications in Environment, Water and Energy LR21ES15, Faculty of Sciences, University of Gafsa, Tunisia Abdelouahed Tounsi: YFL (Yonsei Frontier Lab), Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea/ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, 31261 Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

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