Wave propagation modeling in human long bones

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-81

  Fotiadis, D I ^a   Foutsitzi, G ^a   Massalas, C V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

HUMAN LONG BONES; STRESS FREE LATERAL SURFACES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0033320253     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01313145     Document Type: Article

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