A coupled fiber-matrix model demonstrates highly inhomogeneous microstructural interactions in soft tissues under tensile load

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Lijuan ^a   Lake, Spencer P ^b   Lai, Victor K ^b   Picu, Catalin R ^a,b   Barocas, Victor H ^b   Shephard, Mark S ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

collagen network; computational biomechanics; fiber matrix interaction; non fibrillar matrix; nonaffine behavior; soft tissue

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE STRESS; COLLAGEN FIBER; COMPUTATIONAL BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DETAILED MODELS; FIBER KINEMATICS; FIBER-MATRIX INTERACTION; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; INHOMOGENEITIES; INTERNAL STRESS FIELDS; LOCAL VARIATIONS; MACROSCOPIC BEHAVIORS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; NEO-HOOKEAN SOLID; NONAFFINE BEHAVIOR; NONLINEAR SPRINGS; PARALLEL MODELS; POISSON'S RATIO; PRINCIPAL STRESS; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT (RVE); SOFT TISSUE; STRESS FIELD; TENSILE LOADS; TISSUE COMPONENTS; UNIAXIAL TENSIONS; VORONOI TESSELLATIONS;

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESSES; TISSUE;

FIBERS;

COLLAGEN FIBER; NONFIBRILLAR COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; SHEAR STRESS; SOFT TISSUE; TENSILE LOAD; TENSION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COLLAGEN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84871900713     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023136     Document Type: Article

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