An analysis of the strain field in biaxial Flexcell membranes for different waveforms and frequencies

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 222, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1235-1245

  Colombo, A ^a   Cahill, P A ^a   Lally, C ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

biaxial; calibration; cell; Flexercell; mechanotransduction; strain; stretch

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; BIAXIAL; CALIBRATION METHOD; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CELL BEHAVIOURS; CYCLIC STRAIN; FLEXERCELL; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; IN-VITRO; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL STIMULUS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PENNSYLVANIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSIONS; SILICON MEMBRANES; SILICONE MEMBRANE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STRAIN AMPLITUDE; STRAIN CURVES; STRAIN EQUATIONS; STRAIN FIELDS; STRAIN VALUES; VACUUM PRESSURE; WAVE FORMS;

CALIBRATION; CELL DEATH; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; MEMBRANES; SILICONES; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; SOFTWARE TESTING; STRETCHING;

STRAIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STIMULATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROMANIPULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 60549110722     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM428     Document Type: Article

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