A model for the human cornea: Constitutive formulation and numerical analysis

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 237-246

  Pandolfi, A ^a   Manganiello, F ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH CARE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PATIENT MONITORING;

COLLAGEN FIBRILS; FIBRIL STRUCTURE; HUMAN CORNEA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE;

VISION;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CORNEA; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; CORNEA; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33750284317     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-005-0014-x     Document Type: Article

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