Stress-relaxation response of human menisci under confined compression conditions

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 26, Issue , 2013, Pages 68-80

  Martin Seitz, Andreas ^a   Galbusera, Fabio ^b   Krais, Carina ^a   Ignatius, Anita ^a   Dürselen, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biphasic model; Finite element; In vitro; Meniscus; Viscoelastic properties

Indexed keywords

BIPHASIC MODELS; CONFINED COMPRESSION; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; IN-VITRO; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION; MENISCUS; STRESS-RELAXATION TESTS; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS RELAXATION; TISSUE;

VISCOELASTICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

Β; Ε(I); Λ, Μ; Σ(T→∞); Φ(0); 1-D; AGGREGATE MODULUS; AH; AL(2)O(3); ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANTERIOR (MENISCAL) HORN; BC; BIPHASIC MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BW; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID; DNA; E(EQ); EQUILIBRIUM MODULUS; EQUILIBRIUM STRESS; FE; FE1; FE2; FINITE ELEMENT; FIRST AND SECOND INVARIANTS OF THE RIGHT CAUCHY-GREEN TENSOR; FIRST, LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT APPROACH; GAGS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; H(0); H(A); HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; I(1), I(2); IN VITRO; INITIAL HEIGHT OF THE SAMPLE; INITIAL POROSITY; J; JACOBIAN OF THE DEFORMATION GRADIENT TENSOR; K; KILOPASCAL; KPA; LAMÈ PARAMETERS OF THE NONLINEAR, POROELASTIC SOLID STRUCTURE; M; MENISCUS; OA; ONE-DIMENSION(AL); OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARS INTERMEDIA; PH; PI; POSTERIOR (MENISCAL) HORN; R(2); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SECOND, NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT APPROACH; SEM; STIFFENING COEFFICIENT; STRAIN LEVEL (0.1, 0.15, 0.2); STRAIN-DEPENDENCE EXPONENTIAL COEFFICIENT; T; TIME; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PERMEABILITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 84879817297     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.05.027     Document Type: Article

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