Variation in Young's modulus along the length of a rat vibrissa

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2775-2781

  Quist, Brian W ^a   Faruqi, Rafay A ^a   Hartmann, Mitra J Z ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic modulus; Elasticity; Strain; Stress

Indexed keywords

BENDING STIFFNESS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; MOMENT OF INERTIA; NO SENSOR; TACTILE INFORMATION; TENSILE TESTS; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TEST; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ELASTICITY; RATS; STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING;

ELASTIC MODULI;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THICKNESS; VIBRISSA; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 80055095803     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.08.027     Document Type: Article

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