Ranking the fracture toughness of thin mammalian soft tissues using the scissors cutting test

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-94

  Pereira, Barry P ^a   Lucas, Peter W ^b   Swee Hin, Teoh ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Essential work method; Fracture toughness; Mammalian soft tissue; Scissors cutting test

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; SKIN; STRAIN RATE; TESTING; TISSUE;

BOVINE PERICARDIUM; HIGH CARBON STEEL BLADES; HUMAN FINGER NAILS; SCISSORS CUTTING TEST; THIN MAMMALIAN SOFT TISSUES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FINGER NAIL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN; SOFT TISSUE;

AGED; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CATTLE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NAILS; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PERICARDIUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0031059931     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(96)00101-7     Document Type: Article

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