The anisotropic hyperelastic biomechanical response of the vocal ligament and implications for frequency regulation: A case study

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1625-1636

  Kelleher, Jordan E ^a   Siegmund, Thomas ^a,b   Du, Mindy ^b   Naseri, Elhum ^b   Chan, Roger W ^b,c  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-MECHANICAL MODELS; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BIOMECHANICAL RESPONSE; HYPERELASTIC CONSTITUTIVE MODEL; MICRO-STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS AND DEFORMATION; TIMOSHENKO BEAM THEORY; VOCAL FOLD ELONGATION;

ANISOTROPY; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SPEECH; TISSUE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHONATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VIBRATION; VOCAL CORD; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHONATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VIBRATION; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 84874886891     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4776204     Document Type: Article

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