Modeling and measuring visco-elastic properties: From collagen molecules to collagen fibrils

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-33

  Gautieri, Alfonso ^a   Vesentini, Simone ^a   Redaelli, Alberto ^a   Ballarini, Roberto ^b  

^a Biomechanics Group   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomistic simulations; Biomechanics; Collagen; Micro electro mechanical systems; Visco elastic properties

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CREEP; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEMS; MOLECULES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; COLLAGEN-LIKE PEPTIDES; CREEP AND RELAXATION; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEM; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; VISCO-ELASTIC BEHAVIORS; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

COLLAGEN;

EID: 84885379985     PISSN: 00207462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2013.03.012     Document Type: Article

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