On the specimen length dependency of tensile mechanical properties in soft tissues: Gripping effects and the characteristic decay length

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2481-2482

  Anssari Benam, Afshin ^a,b   Legerlotz, Kirsten ^a,c   Bader, Dan L ^d   Screen, Hazel R C ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DECAY LENGTH; ELASTICITY; GRIPPING EFFECT; LETTER; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SPECIMEN LENGTH; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; TAIL; TENDONS;

EID: 84865860900     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.07.016     Document Type: Letter

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