Elastohydrodynamics of the eyelid wiper

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 323-343

  Jones, M B ^a   Fulford, G R ^a   Please, C P ^b   McElwain, D L S ^a   Collins, M J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dry eye; Eyelid; Lubrication theory; Tear film

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLINKING; CHEMISTRY; CORNEA; ELASTICITY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYELID; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; LUBRICATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BLINKING; CAPILLARITY; CORNEA; ELASTICITY; EYELIDS; HUMANS; LUBRICATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEARS;

EID: 38349195357     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-007-9252-7     Document Type: Article

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