A polyconvex anisotropic strain-energy function for soft collagenous tissues

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-26

  Itskov, M ^a   Ehret, A E ^a   Mavrilas, D ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY;

ARBITRARY NUMBER; POLYCONVEXITY; STRAIN-ENERGY FUNCTION;

TISSUE;

COLLAGEN; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; RABBIT; SKIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART VALVES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PEPTIDES; PERICARDIUM; RABBITS; SKIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 32944466435     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-005-0006-x     Document Type: Article

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