Since many years food engineers have attempted to describe physical phenomena such as
heat and mass transfer that occur in food during unit operations by means of mathematical …

In this paper we present an overview of agent-based models that are used to simulate
mechanical and physiological phenomena in cells and tissues, and we discuss underlying …

Usually, the performance of centrifugal spreaders must be evaluated in large halls by
capturing the fertilizer distribution patterns in standardized tests, often carrying a big cost to the …

A pendulum device has been developed to measure contact force, displacement and
displacement rate of an impactor during its impact on the sample. Displacement, classically …

This paper is concerned with addressing how biological cells react to mechanical impulse.
We propose a particle based model to numerically study the mechanical response of these …

This paper is concerned with addressing how plant tissue mechanics is related to the
micromechanics of cells. To this end, we propose a mesh-free particle method to simulate the …

Adhesion governs to a large extent the mechanical interaction between a cell and its
microenvironment. As initial cell spreading is purely adhesion driven, understanding this …

Mathematical models are increasingly designed to guide experiments in biology, biotechnology,
as well as to assist in medical decision making. They are in particular important to …

This paper describes a sensitivity study of the flow of granular fertiliser particles on a
spinning disc using a discrete element model. The aim was to get a qualitative insight in the …

Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) have emerged as the most promising cellular source
for cell therapies. To overcome the scale-up limitations of classical 2D culture systems, …