Stress and strain localization in stretched collagenous tissues via a multiscale modelling approach

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-30

  Marino, Michele ^a   Vairo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cell mechanobiology; effects of intermolecular cross links; multiscale model of soft collagenous tissues; stress and strain localization; submodelling

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENOUS TISSUES; EFFECTS OF INTERMOLECULAR CROSS-LINKS; MECHANO-BIOLOGY; STRESS AND STRAIN; SUB-MODELLING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HISTOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

TISSUE;

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS LINKING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENDON;

COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS;

EID: 84890669244     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2012.658043     Document Type: Article

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