A computational multiphysics-multiscale modeling framework for laser biological tissue interactions

Full title: A preCICE-Based Computational Multiphysics and Multiscale Modeling Framework for the Simulation of Laser Biological Tissue Interactions (Satish Chimakurthi, ATA)

Pre-recorded talk for the 2nd preCICE Workshop, February 22-25, 2021, organized by the University of Stuttgart (online).

In this video:
Satish Chimakurthi (ATA): A preCICE-Based Computational Multiphysics and Multiscale Modeling Framework for the Simulation of Laser Biological Tissue Interactions

Abstract:
Lasers have important applications in many areas, including biology, medicine, and military, and knowledge of laser-tissue interactions is vital for their proper and optimal use in these areas. Lasers can interact with biological tissue through various photochemical, photothermal, and photomechanical mechanisms involving basic physical phenomena such as light, heat, mass transport, and material changes such as thermal coagulation. While there are several comprehensive multiphysics codes that could be used to investigate these interactions, they are not developed primarily for biological systems and are often difficult to extend. This talk will introduce a preCICE-based multiphysics framework for laser-tissue interactions and emphasize the development of two new preCICE adapters: one for an open-source solver, mcxyz.c, that is used to simulate light transport in biological tissues, and another for an open-source but ITAR-controlled computational fluid dynamics solver, Loci/CHEM.