Strain uniformity in biaxial specimens is highly sensitive to attachment details

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Eilaghi, Armin ^a   Flanagan, John G ^b,c   Brodland, G Wayne ^c   Ethier, C Ross ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d Institute of Biomedical Engineering   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biaxial testing; FE modeling; Sclera; Specimen design; Strain distribution; Stress distribution; Tissue mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL TESTING; FE MODELING; SCLERA; SPECIMEN DESIGNS; STRAIN DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISTRIBUTION;

BIOMECHANICS; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SILICATE MINERALS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TISSUE;

STRAIN;

TALC;

ARTICLE; BIAXIAL TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SCLERA; SOFT TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTIC MODULUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77952009170     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3148467     Document Type: Article

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