Elongation mechanism of collagen fibrils and force-strain relations of tendon at each level of structural hierarchy

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1131-1136

  Sasaki, Naoki ^a   Odajima, Shingo ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen fibrils; D period; Elongation mechanism; Gap region; Hodge Petruska model

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DECOMPOSITION; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULES; STRAIN; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BOVINE ACHILLES TENDON COLLAGEN; ELONGATION MECHANISM; FIBRILS; HODGE-PETRUSKA MODEL; MOLECULAR DEFORMATION;

TENDONS;

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FORCE; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0030246115     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(96)00024-3     Document Type: Article

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