PREDICTION OF LOCAL COOLING RATES AND CELL SURVIVAL DURING THE FREEZING OF A CYLINDRICAL SPECIMEN.

Author(s) : HAYES L. J.

Type of article: Article

Summary

A FINITE ELEMENT NUMERICAL MODEL WAS IMPLEMENTED TO SIMULATE THE FREEZING PROCESS OF AN AQUEOUS SALT SOLUTION IN A CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER. CHARACTERISTIC CELL SURVIVAL SIGNATURES WERE USED TO PREDICT THE ASSOCIATED LOCAL SURVIVAL RATES THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. THE CALCULATIONS SHOW THAT THERE ARE TWO DEFINITE TIME DOMAINS: (1) WHILE THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE IS CHANGING ; AND (2)AFTER THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE REACHES A CONSTANT STORAGE VALUE. THEY ALSO SHOW SIGNIFICANT SPATIAL VARIATIONS IN THE LOCAL COOLING RATES AND CONSIDERABLE LOCAL DEVIATION FROM THE VOLUMETRIC AVERAGE SURVIVAL FOR VARIOUS SIMULATED FREEZINGPROTOCOLS.

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  • Original title: PREDICTION OF LOCAL COOLING RATES AND CELL SURVIVAL DURING THE FREEZING OF A CYLINDRICAL SPECIMEN.
  • Record ID : 1989-0339
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Cryobiology - vol. 25 - n. 1
  • Publication date: 1988

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