Mechanical characterisation of in vivo human skin using a 3D force-sensitive micro-robot and finite element analysis

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-38

  Flynn, Cormac ^a   Taberner, Andrew ^a   Nielsen, Poul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Constitutive modelling; Human skin; In vivo tension; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE MODELLING; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; HUMAN SKIN; IN-PLANE DEFORMATION; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO HUMAN SKIN; INITIAL STRESS FIELD; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISATION; MICRO ROBOTS; MODEL PARAMETERS; OGDEN STRAIN ENERGY; QUASI-LINEAR VISCOELASTICITY; STRAIN ENERGY FUNCTIONS; UPPER ARM;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ROBOTS; STRAIN ENERGY; STRESSES; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; ROBOTICS; TRANSDUCER; VISCOSITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ROBOTICS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSDUCERS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 78650850622     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-010-0216-8     Document Type: Article

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