A biomechanical composite model to determine effective elastic moduli of the CNS gray matter

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 918-924

  Khoshgoftar, Mehdi ^a   Najarian, Siamak ^a   Farmanzad, Farhad ^a   Vahidi, Bahman ^a   Ghomshe, Farhad Tabatabai ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

CNS gray matter; Effective properties; Micromechanics; Micropolar composite

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848844004     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2007.918.924     Document Type: Article

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