Biomechanical behaviour of heel pad tissue: Experimental testing, constitutive formulation, and numerical modelling

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 225, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 449-459

  Natali, A N ^a   Fontanella, C G ^a   Carniel, E L ^a   Young, J Miller ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constitutive formulation; Experimental testing; Heel pad mechanics; Numerical modelling; Visco hyperelastic model

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE FORMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; HEEL PAD MECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; VISCO-HYPERELASTIC MODEL;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRAIN RATE;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CALCANEUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEEL; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

BIOMECHANICS; CALCANEUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEEL; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79961145165     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 20413033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/09544119JEIM851     Document Type: Conference Paper

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