Superelasticity and self-healing of proteinaceous biomaterials

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 2597-2602

  Kazakeviciute Makovska R ^a   Steeb, H ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Proteinaceous biomaterials; Self healing; Superelasticity

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMICS;

CONTINUUM MODELING; CYCLIC TENSILE TESTS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SELF-HEALING; STRESS-STRAIN DATA; SUPERELASTICITY; THERMODYNAMICS OF MATERIALS;

BIOMATERIALS;

EID: 80052950582     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.04.432     Document Type: Conference Paper

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