Vibrational analysis of microtubules embedded within viscoelastic medium using orthotropic Kelvin like model

Microtubules, the key components of cytoskeleton of all living cells, are important for maintaining the cell shape and transporting the cellular organelles. Understanding the mechanics of microtubules is very important for these functions. Mechanics of these components are greatly affected when they...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Safeer, Muhammad Taj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14473/
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description Microtubules, the key components of cytoskeleton of all living cells, are important for maintaining the cell shape and transporting the cellular organelles. Understanding the mechanics of microtubules is very important for these functions. Mechanics of these components are greatly affected when they are embedded in cells. To understand the mechanical properties of microtubules in living cells, we developed an orthotropic-Kelvin like model and investigated the vibrational behavior when they are embedded in surrounding elastic medium. We considered them as orthotropic elastic shell and its surrounding elastic matrix as Kelvin model. We found that due to mechanical coupling of these components with the elastic medium, the flexural vibration is increased and radial frequencies in all modes are increased considerably while other vibrational modes are not affected that much.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:144732020-04-21T01:44:14Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14473/ Vibrational analysis of microtubules embedded within viscoelastic medium using orthotropic Kelvin like model Muhammad Safeer, Muhammad Taj, Microtubules, the key components of cytoskeleton of all living cells, are important for maintaining the cell shape and transporting the cellular organelles. Understanding the mechanics of microtubules is very important for these functions. Mechanics of these components are greatly affected when they are embedded in cells. To understand the mechanical properties of microtubules in living cells, we developed an orthotropic-Kelvin like model and investigated the vibrational behavior when they are embedded in surrounding elastic medium. We considered them as orthotropic elastic shell and its surrounding elastic matrix as Kelvin model. We found that due to mechanical coupling of these components with the elastic medium, the flexural vibration is increased and radial frequencies in all modes are increased considerably while other vibrational modes are not affected that much. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14473/1/25%20Muhammad%20Safeer%20.pdf Muhammad Safeer, and Muhammad Taj, (2019) Vibrational analysis of microtubules embedded within viscoelastic medium using orthotropic Kelvin like model. Sains Malaysiana, 48 (12). pp. 2841-2847. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid48bil12_2019/KandunganJilid48Bil12_2019.html
spellingShingle Muhammad Safeer,
Muhammad Taj,
Vibrational analysis of microtubules embedded within viscoelastic medium using orthotropic Kelvin like model
title Vibrational analysis of microtubules embedded within viscoelastic medium using orthotropic Kelvin like model
title_full Vibrational analysis of microtubules embedded within viscoelastic medium using orthotropic Kelvin like model
title_fullStr Vibrational analysis of microtubules embedded within viscoelastic medium using orthotropic Kelvin like model
title_full_unstemmed Vibrational analysis of microtubules embedded within viscoelastic medium using orthotropic Kelvin like model
title_short Vibrational analysis of microtubules embedded within viscoelastic medium using orthotropic Kelvin like model
title_sort vibrational analysis of microtubules embedded within viscoelastic medium using orthotropic kelvin like model
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14473/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14473/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14473/1/25%20Muhammad%20Safeer%20.pdf