A nonlinear anisotropic viscoelastic model for the tensile behavior of the corneal stroma

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Nguyen, T D ^a   Jones, R E ^b   Boyce, B L ^c  

^a Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Cornea; Creep; Mechanical behavior; Tissue mechanics; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; CREEP; EXPERIMENTS; FIBER OPTICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; VISCOELASTICITY;

BOVINE CORNEAS; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CYCLIC STRESS-STRAIN; EXPERIMENTAL ERRORS; FINITE DEFORMATIONS; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; IN-PLANE; LAMELLAR ORIENTATIONS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MICROSTRUCTURE-BASED MODEL; NATURAL VARIATIONS; NON-LINEAR CREEP; NONLINEAR VISCOELASTIC; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; QUASI-LINEAR; SOFT TISSUES; STRESS-STRAIN RESPONSES; TENSILE BEHAVIORS; TISSUE MECHANICS; VISCO-ELASTIC PROPERTIES; VISCOELASTIC MODELING; VISCOELASTIC RESPONSE; VISCOUS RESPONSE;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; COW; CYTOARCHITECTURE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISCOELASTICITY; ANIMAL; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORNEAL STROMA; ELASTICITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

EID: 50049116614     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2947399     Document Type: Article

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