Micromechanical modelling of skeletal muscles: From the single fibre to the whole muscle

Archive of Applied Mechanics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 557-567

  Böl, Markus ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Micromechanical modelling; Muscle activation; Skeletal muscle; Soleus muscle

Indexed keywords

3-D PROBLEMS; CONNECTIVE TISSUES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HIERARCHICAL ARCHITECTURES; MATERIAL BEHAVIOUR; MATERIAL MODELS; MICROMECHANICAL MODELLING; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NON-LINEAR TRUSS; NUMERICAL TESTING; OPTIMISATIONS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TETRAHEDRAL ELEMENTS; TRUSS ELEMENTS; UNIT CELLS;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TRUSSES;

MUSCLE;

EID: 77952009076     PISSN: 09391533     EISSN: 14320681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00419-009-0378-y     Document Type: Article

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