Branching toughens fibrous networks

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages 74-82

  Koh, C T ^a,b   Oyen, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Branching; Collagen; Cross links; Fibrous networks; Fracture; Hyperelastic; Kinks; Toughness

Indexed keywords

BRANCHING; CROSS-LINKS; FIBROUS NETWORKS; HYPER ELASTIC; KINKS;

COLLAGEN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; TOUGHNESS;

STIFFNESS;

COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CROSS LINKING; ELASTICITY; FIBER; FIBROUS NETWORK; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATERIALS; MODEL; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRESSURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOFTWARE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84861683599     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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