Application of structural analysis to the mechanical behaviour of the cornea

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-15

  Anderson, Kevin ^a   El Sheikh, Ahmed ^a   Newson, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corneal biomechanics; Mathematical analysis; Numerical modelling; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORNEA; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORNEA; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 33747150017     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2004.0002     Document Type: Article

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