Mechanical characterization of the softening behavior of human vaginal tissue

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-283

  Pena E ^a,b   Martins, P ^c   Mascarenhas, T ^d   Natal Jorge, R M ^c   Ferreira, A ^c   Doblare M ^a,b   Calvo, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Constitutive modelling; Hyperelasticity; Mullins effect; Pseudo elasticity; Soft tissue; Softening

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE MODELLING; HYPER-ELASTICITY; MULLINS EFFECT; PSEUDO-ELASTICITY; SOFT TISSUE; SOFTENING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SURGERY; TENSILE TESTING; TISSUE; UNLOADING;

BIOMECHANICS;

AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; TENSION; VAGINA;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VAGINA;

EID: 79751526103     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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