Uniaxial and biaxial mechanical characterization of a prosthetic mesh at different length scales

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 7-19

  Rohrnbauer B ^a   Mazza, E ^a,b  

^a Institute of Mechanical Systems (IMES)   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biaxial stress; Mechanical biocompatibility; Mechanical characterization; Multiscale; Prosthetic mesh

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL STRESS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DIFFERENT LENGTH SCALE; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL BIOCOMPATIBILITY; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MULTISCALE; PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; MECHANISMS; PROSTHETICS;

STRESSES;

POLYPROPYLENE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL LEVEL; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; EXERCISE TEST; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; KINEMATICS; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIGIDITY; SURGICAL MESH; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIAXIAL STRESS; MECHANICAL BIOCOMPATIBILITY; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION; MULTISCALE; PROSTHETIC MESH;

ANISOTROPY; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84884147189     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.07.021     Document Type: Article

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