A model of fracture testing of soft viscoelastic tissues

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 605-608

  Koop, Brendan E ^a   Lewis, Jack L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Model; Viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

VISCOELASTIC ENERGY;

TISSUE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FRACTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SOLID; TENSILE STRENGTH; THEORY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0037397161     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(02)00435-9     Document Type: Article

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