The role of mechanical stress on the formation of a curly pattern of human hair

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 212-221

  Xu, Baoxing ^a   Chen, Xi ^a,b  

^a Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Curly pattern; Finite element method (FEM); Hair follicle; Human hair; Residual strain gradient

Indexed keywords

CURLY PATTERN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FEM); HAIR FOLLICLES; HUMAN HAIR; RESIDUAL STRAINS;

MORPHOLOGY; STRAIN; STRESSES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; HAIR; HAIR CURLING GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMECHANICS; HAIR; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 78149250324     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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