The inferior boundary condition of a continuous cantilever beam model of the human spine

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-30

  Noone, G ^a,b   Ang, W T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Continuous spine model; Flexural rigidity; Lateral deformation

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER BEAM MODEL; CONTINUOUS SPINE MODEL; FLEXURAL RIGIDITY;

BENDING STRENGTH; BONE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEFORMATION; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATION;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINE;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPINE;

EID: 0030088558     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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