Elastic characterization of the gerbil pars flaccida from in situ inflation experiments

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 727-741

  Aernouts, Jef ^a   Dirckx, Joris J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Elasticity parameters; Gerbil; In situ strain; Inflation experiment; Inverse analysis; Pars flaccida

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ELASTIC CHARACTERIZATION; ELASTICITY PARAMETERS; GERBIL; IN-SITU STRAINS; INFLATION EXPERIMENTS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; LARGER DEFORMATIONS; MIDDLE EARS; PAR FLACCIDUM; STATIC PRESSURE;

AUDITION;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GERBIL; MIDDLE EAR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EAR, MIDDLE; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GERBILLINAE;

EID: 81155154359     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-010-0269-8     Document Type: Article

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