A micromechanical model of skeletal muscle to explore the effects of fiber and fascicle geometry

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3207-3213

  Sharafi, Bahar ^a   Blemker, Silvia S ^a,b,c  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fascicle and fiber geometry; Homogenization; Micromechanical modeling; Muscle mechanics; Muscle microstructure; Transverse isotropy

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC BEHAVIORS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CONNECTIVE TISSUES; CONSTITUTIVE BEHAVIORS; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; FIBER BUNDLES; FIBER GEOMETRIES; FIBER SHEAR; HOMOGENIZATION; LEVEL MODEL; MACROSCOPIC BEHAVIORS; MACROSCOPIC MATERIALS; MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MICRO-MECHANICAL MODELING; MICROMECHANICAL MODEL; MUSCLE FASCICLES; MUSCLE FIBER; RECTUS FEMORIS; SHEAR MODULUS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY; TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBERS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SHEAR STRAIN;

MUSCLE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL TORSION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RABBITS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 78549234001     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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