A method for measuring linearly viscoelastic properties of human tympanic membrane using nanoindentation

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Huang, Gang ^a   Daphalapurkar, Nitin P ^a   Gan, Rong Z ^b   Lu, Hongbing ^a  

^a Oklahoma State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanoindentation; Relaxation modulus; Tympanic membrane; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEALTH; NANOINDENTATION; STIFFNESS; SURFACE RELAXATION;

CIRCULAR HOLES; CONCENTRATED FORCES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); IN-PLANE (IP); IN-PLANE MODULI; IN-PLANE STIFFNESS; LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES; NANO INDENTATION TECHNIQUES; NANOINDENTER TIP; OUT OF PLANE; RELAXATION MODULUS; SAMPLE SURFACES; SOLID SUBSTRATE (SS); STEADY-STATE VALUES; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE (TM); VISCO-ELASTIC PROPERTIES; VISCOELASTIC MATERIALS; VISCOELASTIC MODULUS;

STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER);

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HARDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RIGIDITY; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STIMULATION; VISCOSITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HARDNESS; HARDNESS TESTS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 47149106229     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2838034     Document Type: Article

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