Thermal modelling of shape memory alloy fixator for medical application

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 312-316

  Song, C ^a   Campbell, P A ^a   Frank, T G ^a   Cuschieri, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEATING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; SURGERY; THERMOANALYSIS; TISSUE;

MINIMAL ACCESS SURGERY (MAS); TISSUE FIXATION;

SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

EID: 0036539917     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/11/2/402     Document Type: Article

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