The shear modulus of connections between tendon fascicles

TIC-STH'09: 2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference - Science and Technology for Humanity

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 134-136

  Purslow, Peter P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcaneus; Collagen; Digital flexor; Fascicles; Shear modulus; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; DIGITAL FLEXOR; FLEXOR TENDON; HIND LIMBS; LATERAL FORCE; SHEAR BEHAVIOUR; SHEAR MODULUS; SIMPLE SHEAR TEST; SMALL STRAINS;

COLLAGEN; ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SHEAR STRAIN; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS;

TENDONS;

EID: 77952690559     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TIC-STH.2009.5444520     Document Type: Conference Paper

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