The study on the mechanical characteristics of articular cartilage in simulated microgravity

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1488-1493

  Niu, Hai Jun ^a   Wang, Qing ^b   Wang, Yue Xiang ^c   Li, Ang ^a   Sun, Lian Wen ^a   Yan, Yan ^a   Fan, Fan ^a   Li, De Yu ^a   Fan, Yu Bo ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; High frequency ultrasound; Simulated microgravity; Triphasic theory; Uniaxial modulus

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY; TRIPHASIC THEORY; UNIAXIAL MODULUS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOADING; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; OSMOSIS; RATS; STRAIN; ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

CARTILAGE;

EID: 84870386562     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10409-012-0150-3     Document Type: Article

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