Simulation of planar soft tissues using a structural constitutive model: Finite element implementation and validation

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2043-2054

  Fan, Rong ^a   Sacks, Michael S ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Constitutive modeling; Finite element; Multiscale modeling; Structural model

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; DEFORMATION; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HISTOLOGY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL IMPLEMENTATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; NON-AFFINE DEFORMATION; SOFT BIOLOGICAL TISSUE; STRUCTURAL MODELING; TISSUE MICROSTRUCTURES;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSION; VALIDATION PROCESS; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOMECHANICS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT; MULTISCALE MODELING; STRUCTURAL MODEL;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84901624356     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.03.014     Document Type: Article

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