Inertial shear forces and the use of centrifuges in gravity research. What is the proper control?

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 342-346

  Van Loon, Jack J W A ^a   Folgering, Erik H T E ^b   Bouten, Carlijn V C ^c   Veldhuijzen, J Paul ^a   Smit, Theo H ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CELLS; EARTH (PLANET); FORCE MEASUREMENT; GRAVITATION; SPACE RESEARCH; TISSUE;

SHEAR FORCES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGE; FORCE; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY; SHEAR FORCE; SPACE FLIGHT;

ACCELERATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RESEARCH; ROTATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 0037698108     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1574521     Document Type: Article

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