Measurement of Mechanical Properties of Soft Tissues In Vitro Under Controlled Tissue Hydration

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 405-414

  Shahmirzadi, D ^a   Bruck, H A ^a   Hsieh, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular stress relaxation; Experimental biomechanics; Maxwell model; Tissue hydration in vitro

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; GLYCOPROTEINS; HISTOLOGY; HYDRATION; MAMMALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRESS RELAXATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; IN-VITRO; MAXWELL MODELS; MORPHOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; SPECIFIC WATER CONTENT; STRESS RELAXATION BEHAVIOR;

TISSUE;

EID: 84874264689     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: 17412765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11340-012-9644-y     Document Type: Article

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