The mechanical response of the ovine lumbar anulus fibrosus to uniaxial, biaxial and shear loads

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 146-157

  Little, J P ^a   Pearcy, M J ^a   Tevelen, G ^a   Evans, J H ^a   Pettet, G ^a   Adam, C J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT LAYERS; ANULUS FIBROSUS; APPLIED STRAIN; BIAXIAL COMPRESSION; CHARACTERISATION; COLLAGEN FIBRES; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; ENDPLATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HUMAN SPINE; HYPER ELASTIC; INHOMOGENEITIES; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; LARGE STRAINS; LOAD APPLICATION; LOAD TYPE; LOADING CONDITION; LOADING TYPES; MATERIAL RESPONSE; MATRIX; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MECHANICAL TESTS; MOTION SEGMENTS; REPEATED LOADING; REPEATED LOADS; SHEAR LOADS; SIMPLE SHEAR; SPECIMEN GEOMETRY; SPECIMEN SURFACES; STRESS-STRAIN RESPONSE; TEST SPECIMENS; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; FIBERS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS; TISSUE; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CARTILAGE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; LUMBAR DISK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEEP;

EID: 73249134309     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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