Abstract
How could the outer substance penetrate through the skin lies on the stratum corneum, because it is the main barrier in the multi-layers of the skin. In this work, supposing the keratin cell with a special geometry as Tetrakaidecahedron, the discretization of the stratum corneum region was given at first in two steps: 1. The discretization of the keratin cell; 2. The discretization of fattiness that surrounds the keratin. Then numerical simulation was performed using finite element method and the multi-grid method. The former was to obtain the discretization of basic elements, the latter was to decrease the high frequency error. A visualization of the numerical simulation was shown in the paper.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 219-223 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Chinese Journal of Biomedical Engineering |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 2 |
State | Published - Apr 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Discretization
- Finite element method
- Stratum corneum(SC)
- Tetrakaidecahedron
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Bioengineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Medicine (miscellaneous)