Nonlinear mechanics of soft fibrous networks

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 99-106

  Kabla, A ^a   Mahadevan, L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Fibre network; Nonlinear mechanics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FIBER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MECHANICS; PHYSICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RIGIDITY;

EID: 33846882149     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0151     Document Type: Article

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