Computational predictions of the tensile properties of electrospun fibre meshes: Effect of fibre diameter and fibre orientation

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 326-335

  Stylianopoulos, Triantafyllos ^a   Bashur, Chris A ^b   Goldstein, Aaron S ^b   Guelcher, Scott A ^c   Barocas, Victor H ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrous mesh; Multiscale modelling; Network architecture; Tissue microstructure

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL SCAFFOLDS; CELL BEHAVIOURS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTIONS; ELECTROSPUN; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX DEPOSITION; MACROSCOPIC SCALES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOURS; MESH ARCHITECTURE; MICROSCOPIC SCALES; MODEL PREDICTIONS; MULTISCALE MODELLING; POLYURETHANE ELASTOMER (PUE); POLYURETHANE MESHES; REGENERATIVE MEDICINES; RELATIVE ORIENTATION; SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; TARGET TISSUES; TENSILE LOADINGS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TRANSVERSE LOADING; TYPE I COLLAGEN (T1CG); WIDE-RANGE;

ADHESION; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ELASTIC MODULI; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FIBERS; FORECASTING; HEALTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MESH GENERATION; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; POLYMERS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

SCAFFOLDS;

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; PALLADIUM; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYURETHAN;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPUTER MODEL; FIBER; MATERIAL STATE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYURETHANES; ROTATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 48549090620     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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