Imposing thermodynamic restrictions on the elastic constant-fabric tensor relationship

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 759-762

  Cowin, Stephen C ^a,b  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); ELASTICITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPLIANCE; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLIABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031693452     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00078-5     Document Type: Article

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