Stiffening response of a cellular tensegrity model

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 309-325

  Wendling, Sylvie ^a   Oddou, Christian ^a   Isabey, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL FUNCTION; MODEL; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY;

EID: 0033531324     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1998.0841     Document Type: Article

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