Mechanical characterization of soft viscoelastic gels via indentation and optimization-based inverse finite element analysis

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 355-363

  Liu, Kaifeng ^a   VanLandingham, Mark R ^b   Ovaert, Timothy C ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATE MATERIALS; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARES; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; ERROR MINIMIZATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENTS; FIXTURE DESIGNS; FLAT PUNCHES; HALF SPACES; INVERSE FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; KELVIN-VOIGT; LOAD BEARINGS; LOAD MEASUREMENTS; MATERIAL MODELS; MATERIAL PARAMETERS; MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MECHANICAL TESTING METHODS; NANOINDENTATION EXPERIMENTS; PARAMETER DETERMINATIONS; POLYMER GELS; SAMPLE PREPARATIONS; SOFT GELS; SOFT MATERIALS; VISCOELASTIC GELS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CREEP TESTING; DRUG DELIVERY; FIXTURES (TOOLING); GELATION; GELS; LOAD TESTING; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MATLAB; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOINDENTATION; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

COPOLYMER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEL; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NANOINDENTATION TECHNIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VISCOELASTICITY; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG MODULUS;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GELS; HARDNESS TESTS; MECHANICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SOFTWARE; VISCOELASTIC SUBSTANCES;

EID: 67349152334     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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