Directional, regional, and layer variations of mechanical properties of esophageal tissue and its interpretation using a structure-based constitutive model

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 409-418

  Yang, W ^a   Fung, T C ^a   Chian, K S ^b   Chong, C K ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Collagen; Elastin; Material parameters; Strain energy function (SEF)

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; TISSUE;

ELASTIN; MATERIAL PARAMETERS; NEUROMUSCULAR MOTION; STRAIN ENERGY FUNCTION (SEF);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; ESOPHAGUS PARAMETERS; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ESOPHAGUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 33745478968     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2187033     Document Type: Article

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