Development of a reduced relaxation function and comparison of stress relaxation for anatomically paired tendons

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1893-1898

  Chun, Keyoung Jin ^a   Hubbard, Robert P ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Industrial Technology   (South Korea)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomically paired; Strain level; Stress relaxation; Tendon; Viscoelastic law

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICALLY PAIRED; LONG TERM; NONLINEAR SOLIDS; QUASI-LINEAR; RELAXATION FUNCTIONS; SHORT TERM; STRAIN LEVEL; STRAIN LEVELS; VISCOELASTIC LAW;

RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS RELAXATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

TENDONS;

EID: 70349995701     PISSN: 1738494X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-009-0504-3     Document Type: Article

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