Tensile and compressive properties of the medial rabbit meniscus

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 219, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 337-347

  Sweigart, M A ^a   Athanasiou, K A ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Material properties; Meniscal cartilage; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INDENTATION; OPTIMIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; AGGREGATES; CREEP; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; SHEAR STRAIN; TISSUE;

COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES; CREEP INDENTATION; MENISCAL CARTILAGE;

CARTILAGE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RABBITS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

AGGREGATE MODULUS; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES; CREEP AND RECOVERY; CREEP INDENTATION; INDENTATION EXPERIMENT; MENISCAL CARTILAGES; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 27744546139     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 09544119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095441105X34329     Document Type: Article

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