Modeling fatigue damage in chemically treated soft tissues

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn , Issue 198-199, 2001, Pages 255-260

  Slaughter, William S ^a   Sacks, Michael S ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioprosthetic Heart Valves; Collagen; Fatigue; Modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TISSUE;

CAUCHY STRESS TENSOR; CHEMICAL TREATMENT; DEFORMATION GRADIENT TENSOR; RIGHT CAUCHY-GREEN STRAIN TENSOR; STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

EID: 0035052859     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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