Characterization of human skin through skin expansion

Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 641-655

  Pamplona, Djenane C ^a   Carvalho, Claudio R ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomembranes; Characterization of human skin; Constitutive equation; Finite elements; Skin expansion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; BIOMEMBRANES; COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTIC PARAMETERS; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENTS MODELS; HUMAN SKIN; HYPER ELASTIC; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO ANALYSIS; LOWER LEG; SKIN STRETCH;

CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EXPANSION;

EID: 84870061811     PISSN: 15593959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/jomms.2012.7.641     Document Type: Article

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