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Title: Isogeometric finite element‐based simulation of the aortic heart valve: Integration of neural network structural material model and structural tensor fiber architecture representations
Award ID(s):
1808576 1845799
NSF-PAR ID:
10288554
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
Volume:
37
Issue:
4
ISSN:
2040-7939
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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