Modeling the collagen fibril network of biological tissues as a nonlinearly elastic material using a continuous volume fraction distribution function

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 706-715

  Shirazi, Reza ^a   Vena, Pasquale ^b,c   Sah, Robert L ^a   Klisch, Stephen M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^d CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

articular cartilage; collagen fibril network; distribution function; polyconvexity; volume fraction

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL; ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; BIOLOGICAL SOFT TISSUE; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; BOVINE ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN FIBRILS; CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION; CONVEX FUNCTIONS; DEFORMATION GRADIENT TENSORS; DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS; ELASTIC MATERIALS; ELASTICITY TENSOR; KIRCHHOFF STRESS; MATRIX; MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS; MICROSTRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL CONFIGURATIONS; POLYCONVEXITY; PRE-STRESS; SOFT TISSUE; STRAIN ENERGY FUNCTIONS; TENSILE-COMPRESSIVE ASYMMETRY; TISSUE PROPERTIES; VOLUME FRACTION DISTRIBUTION;

ANISOTROPY; CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; STRAIN ENERGY; TENSORS; TISSUE; TITRATION; VOLUME FRACTION;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 80052842365     PISSN: 10812865     EISSN: 17413028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081286510387866     Document Type: Article

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