Spatially varying properties of the vocal ligament contribute to its eigenfrequency response

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 600-609

  Kelleher, J E ^a   Zhang, K ^a   Siegmund, T ^a   Chan, R W ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic modulus; Finite element model; Fundamental frequency; Transverse isotropy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; EIGENFREQUENCY; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MODULUS RATIO; NON-LINEAR VARIATION; ROTATORY INERTIA; SPATIAL DEFORMATION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TENSILE DEFORMATION; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY; TRANSVERSE SHEAR DEFORMATION; TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TEST; VIBRATION CHARACTERISTICS;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGAMENTS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TENSILE TESTING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LIGAMENT; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; VIBRATION; VOCAL CORD; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; VIBRATION; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 77956338499     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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