Elastic properties and yield stress of fetal membranes

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2123-2126

  Wittenberg, George F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTIC SAC; CLINICAL SAMPLES; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FETAL MEMBRANES; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POWER-LAW RELATIONSHIP;

BIOMECHANICS; MEMBRANES;

YIELD STRESS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; HARDNESS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; HARDNESS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84862260056     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090396     Document Type: Conference Paper

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